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Indeed, we all know God did it.

maybe you should bunch you and I in the same category as "all."

Idd, we all know the pyramids were actually built by aliens from Pluto, amirite? :P

Yeah there's a reason why they're called "Egyptian" pyramids. Lol

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Everyone knows College is run by aliens to brainwash rich kids.

Naw.. from now on they're Martian Pyramids :P

hahaha, its called scientology, i believe. well it was on southpark so yeah ahahah

Of course, the idea that the Jews built them is just as stupid, but people talk about it in church and temple all the time.

And why? it's recorded in the Egyptian hieroglyphics that the Israelites were enslaved by the Egyptians for several hundred years. You may not agree with the supernatural aspect of Judaism or Christianity, but you can't deny historical facts and findings that coincidentally match with them.

The Israelites were enslaved by the Egyptians, yes. But they did not build any pyramids.

Well they weren't built from aliens from MARS. But they were built from aliens. Egyptians thought the aliens were their "gods." How else do you think people of that time can build that high. Same goes for Mayans' temples..
Aliens did it all.

Anyone ever thought of the possibility that maybe "aliens" are not monsters and actually are human beings that live on other planets?

Unless humans originated from another planet, there will never be humans anywhere other than Earth

You know what they say, MS=More shit, BS= Bullshit. Nah, just kidding, OP. Dump her, she's an idiot.

YDI for having a mildly (or possibly severely) retarded girlfriend, and have stuck with her for 8 years, considering you are going for your Phd, she could have been high though?
Or this could have been fake.

i agree

That believe is based on similarities in pyramid shapes in different parts of the world, Indian temples which look like space ships and old stories about little weird looking humans with special abilities. There's a book called "Unexplained Mysteries", read it and it'll make more sense to you. But I still think that's BS.
btw. 8 years???

You've been watching too much Stargate, now, haven't you?

Sounds like BOTH of you have PHd's in BS.

well for one you are stupid for not believing her! havent you watched the show on the discovery channel
or is it the history channel i dont remember but its true! most pictures show a strange being maybe not from mars but its totally legit! i know what show she got that from though i watched it too =D

Yeah I know what you mean... that would be pretty logical... but I dunno, maybe the only "intelligent" (meaning that can speak and think, I guess) species in the universe is simply humans. Just because we haven't seen either alien "monsters" or alien humans doesn't mean neither exist, yes?

Right! Strictly left brain thinking will get you a degree, but it will not get you true knowledge.

Right! Strictly left brain thinking will get you a degree, but it will not get you true knowledge.

There are several things that hint towards aliens building pyramids. However they can all be dis proven with logic and fact. For instance on the side of one of the walls there is what looks like a alien space craft, a sub marine and a helicopter. No known hieroglyphs have these pictures. Naturally something with hugely advanced technology, possibly aliens came down and scribed it into the wall. This is wrong. It just so happens that the person who was going to be buried in their changed three times. If you put all their names on top of each other it looks like a space craft, sub marine and helicopter. GG lazy scribes just writing over other words.

what about the tech from Atlantis? maybe not all was lost and humans did become our aliens.

They could have been built bu aliens, you never know.

Haha my thoughts exactly!

You rock for knowing about that show :)

Lol thanks, got all the series on DVD :D

lol, I immediately thought the same too!! Me and bro have been watching it again from season 1..

My thoughts exactly....

Invite her to watch a 'documentary' on the pyramids with you and put on Stargate (the movie). Hey, she's an idiot, but you picked her.

Wow. This is definitely a fake. So you've been with her for 8 eight years, and you've failed to realize the depth of her stupidity?

Either that, or she was flirting with you by making up a stupid story. ( you're supposed to follow suit e.g., "Yeah, and Iceland is filled with giant tucans." So with option 2, we have idiocy on your part by failing to realize when your girlfriend of EIGHT YEARS (btw, wtf?) is flirting with you.

So you, her, or both of you are dumbasses here, though I am inclined to think that it is you, OP. Fake FMLs are ruining the site, and this one is the top of that list. Thanks, idiot.

Exactly what I was thinking!
She might not be very smart, but I'll bet she's pretty!

not only the relationship, but his entire direction in life...a masters degree in anthropology?!?!

I've got a friend with a Bachelors in it. She works at Starbucks. :-|

Some people go to college to prepare to get a job, some people go to college because they're fascinated by a subject, to the point where the worst professor in the world won't turn them off on it, and don't really care about a job. I desperately hope that he's in the second category; I understand even the academic professions around that degree involve thousands of applicants per job.
(Reminder: 92.82% of all statistics are made up on the spot. This is one of them.)

@123
hahaa, im sorry, but this made me laugh so hard =P reevaluations are needed all around it seems

then again....someone's gotta do anth too

I agree with #3.

What the hell does the lame statistics joke have to do with anything???

A bachelors degree in anthro probably won't got very far unless you want to dig holes for 8 dollars an hour in a cultural resource job. However, a ms or phd can get you the top end jobs in a lot of places. Museums, government work, cultural resource management, as well as positions at university's to teach and conduct research. It just all really depends on what your passion is and how hard you're willing to work to get the job you want.

That's what I have buddy, and it's worked out pretty damn well for me so far.

It's not how much she smokes, but what she smokes i think =D

Thank god i'm from holland! =D =D =D

no dont tell her that the aliens were not from mars they were from outside the solar system and you r one of them

That's like saying someone with a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology is elitist for calling a creationist an irrational idiot. And that's just absurd.

but he is.

I'm guessing you dropped out of high school after your girlfriend got pregnant at 16 so you are bitter towards all those "fancy college kids" who make thousands more in a month than you do in a year...

Come on now, there's no need to bring brains into this. ¬¬

agreed...but us 'fancy college kids' have to thank these high school drop-outs because they are the ones who pick up our trash, clean our houses, and mow our lawns. Our lives would suck if more people actually stayed in school :P Horray for Drunken nights and unprotected sex!!

#31 I could've sworn that the mexicans were the ones mowing the lawn

Only until we make the robots to replace them.

You think he's elitist for knowing how the world works? I had one girlfriend that thought text messages could get stuck in clouds, does that make me elitist for knowing how radio signals work?

haha #63, that actually made me laugh. You gotta love us beaners :)
but I don't think I'll be mowing lawns anytime soon XD

I'm pretty sure it says that he has a Masters and a Bachelors degree...Soooo that's not exactly dropping out of highschool..Yeah.

Why? Creationism is not absurd and neither is the theory of Evolution. They both have strong points as well as weak points. AND you CAN get a PhD in the Science of Intelligent Design. A professor of either path would be nothing more than arrogant if he/she blatantly, and rudely told the other that he/she was totally wrong without having some sort of civil debate between the two.

I was replying to the guy that was yelling at the op for "being an elitist fuckwad" for going to college. I wasn't replying to the OP himself..Yeah.

How is creationism not absurd? It is based off of a book written a couple thousand years ago with no evidence to back up the claims it makes what so ever. Much of like everything that has to do with religion. Open-Mindedness is so overrated and over preached these days. There's a point when you need to stop being open minded because some of the claims these people make are fucking ridiculous, i.e. creationism.

Creationism says an old man with a beard poofed the world into existence in six days and made man out of dirt. You can believe in God and evolution without believing in crazy stories from 4000 years ago.

I totally disagree with Creationism. Genesis didn't happen. Hell no

But I am somewhat convinced by the whole intelligent design thing. I mean, I generally regard myself as an atheist, but I can't help but think that some things cannot possibly have come into existence just by leaving them for a long period of time. Life is the main example of this. I mean, not only is the existence of it amazing, but things within it. Humans have body proportions more or less equal to the golden ratio. How would that evolve, tell me?

You have two entirely inconsistent statements here. You cannot be both an atheist (no supernatural intelligence) and believe in intelligent design. One or the other. Not both.
Also, the reason you are having difficult believing is that humans are generally pretty bad at imagining long periods of time and how much change can occur over many generation.

Also you don't want to mind that golden ratio human proportion nonsense. Just not true.

See http://www.maa.org/devlin/devlin_05_07.html for an informal criticism

For a general debunking
see http://www.ams.org/notices/200503/rev-markowsky.pdf

Stuff like the golden ratio in human anatomy are factoids, widely accepted, but few people analyze them against the observable evidence. They just swallow anything plausible

lmfao

Great story kaleid0scopeEyes.

Hilarious.

Lol, I've had the same conversations with people against weed. The same people that binge drink 3/7 nights a week, smoke, and have unprotected sex. Not that there's anything wrong with any of those things, it's just a major case of the pot calling the kettle black.

Just so we're on the same page though, cannabis contains more carcinogens than tobacco, which means that chronic use will certainly cause lung cancer. Moreover, while the risk for developing tolerance is low (which is why people say it's "less addictive" than caffeine), there have been cases both of people developing tolerance and going through withdrawal from cannabis use. Withdrawal symptoms include diarrhea, hiccups, and loss of appetite--not deadly, but still unpleasant. Moreover, a cannabis dependence can cause a person to become very dysfunctional, giving up work, school and social activities in favor of using cannabis.

I personally agree that if alcohol and tobacco can be legal, marijuana should be too. But the effects and potential dangers should be more well-known than they are.

Actually, letitbe, weed does have more of CERTAIN carcinogens. However, there has never been a direct correlation between weed and lung cancer. It is also impossible to overdose on it, so it can't cause deaths like other legal drugs can. Weeed can be used recreationally or for medicinal purposes, and if coupled with a vaporizer, is most likely the safest out of caffeine and tobacco products. The benefits can far outweigh the downs, and it is impossible to be come physically dependent. It is psychologically addictive, which causes the withdrawal symptoms. Those are the exact same withdrawal symptoms I get when I quit another one of my non-physically addicting bad habits, or the things I get when extremely stressed and agitated. Mind influencing body, that is all.

Also, for the record, tobacco hasn't been "proven" to cause lung cancer either. The reason is that the only way to do that would be to conduct a controlled experiment in which people are forced to smoke cigarettes. That experiment would be highly unethical, and so will never be done. So saying that cannabis hasn't been "proven" to cause lung cancer is a moot point.

LOL @ 'pot calling the kettle black'

It was believed for a long time that marijuana was not physically addictive, but evidence is starting to point the other way. See this article: http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/display/article/10168/54701

And even if it were only a psychological dependence, it would be naive to think that's not a problem. "Mind influencing body" plays a role in all substance abuse and substance dependence. That's why they're classified as mental disorders in the DSM--and a cannabis dependence is in there, in case you were wondering. I think people make the mistake of thinking, "oh, well if it's just my mind, then it must not be dangerous." That's simply not true. It is still a psychoactive drug, that has significant effects on the brain, and causes significant physical symptoms, ie, red eyes, appetite increase, increased heart-rate, etc. It can cause hallucinations, and people can experience severe anxiety leading to panic attacks. I'm not disagreeing that it should be legal, but I think a lot of people start using it because they think it's somehow a "safe drug," and I think that mentality is dangerous.

excuse me? "withdraw" from weed results in LUCID DREAMS! (which are awesome)

tobacco hasn't been proven to cause lung cancer? are you fucking serious? lung cancer is highly linked to smoking (that's tobacco, not weed - unless you mix the two...)

If you ever take a statistics course they will teach you about how "correlation is not causation" and doesn't prove anything because of the third variable problem, etc. etc. Thus, although tobacco use has been shown time and time again to have a strong positive correlation with lung cancer, it hasn't technically been proven.

Don't get me wrong. I think common sense tells us that smoking causes lung cancer. But it would be unethical to try and prove it.

Its about time someone threw that out there. I learned that in a Psychology class. Correlation does not imply causation. That was one of the most important things we learned. The reason there is a correlation between tobacco and lung cancer is because so many people that smoke have lung cancer. If marijuana use was more widely accepted, im sure the number of people who suffer from lung cancer would greately increase. The bottom line is that anything you burn and inhale is unhealthy for the average human. The only time where the pros outweigh the cons is medicinal use. Besides, the whole argument about whether or not marijuana should be legal is useless: one person cannot change the law.

you can have a psychological dependence to anything...chocolate, Twilight, sex, masturbation...I hate when people use that argument to say that weed is addictive

Kaleidoscopeeyes-

A- Recent research is proving that people can both build a tolerance to marijuana and experience physical withdrawal from it.

B- The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, which psychologists and psychiatrists use for diagnosing mental illness, includes a cannabis dependence. This is based on very strict criteria, and it would not have been included if chronic marijuana use did not lead to significant cognitive impairment and dysfunction in the user's life--chances are you know a few "pot-heads". You'll notice that a caffeine dependence is not in the DSM, for the very reason that caffeine use does not lead to that level of impairment and dysfunction.

Is marijuana safer than alcohol and tobacco? Yes. But that doesn't give anyone license to minimize the potential dangers marijuana users face. In fact, part of the reason I favor legalizing it is so that the surgeon general can slap a warning on it. This drug is NOT harmless.

Are you serious? You're going to use the fact that something is listed in the DSM as an argument in opposition? Just like, during the period when homosexuality was listed as a mental disorder in the DSM, we should all have considered it as such, right?

Also, on your argument regarding "correlation and causation" - you can do much better by examining actual biochemistry. When you have plausible mechanistic theories, you've moved a little bit beyond mere correlation. In the case of marijuana, it's well-established that its smoke contains certain compounds that are known tumor suppressors, which act in opposition to the presence of carcinogens. The argument is not as cut-and-dry as you make it out to be, that "all smoke is bad".

The DSM-V is being written as we speak, and yes, there is still a lot of controversy about what should be in it and how it should be presented. For example, a lot of people want to combine anxiety disorders and unipolar mood disorders (ie, depression). Other people want to get rid of the personality disorders. A VERY controversial one are the gender identity disorders, and I wouldn't be surprised to see that go the way of homosexuality in later editions.

I have heard of no controversy regarding the inclusion of substance related disorders.* Cannabis dependence really does ruin people's lives. They lose jobs, drop out of school, lose friends, and generally miss out on pleasant life experiences, much as alcoholics do. I have heard personal testimonials to this effect, in addition to reading about it in my studies of psychology.

Besides, are you going to argue against the existence of, say, schizophrenia or autism just because homosexuality was once in the DSM?

(*There are people lobbying to include obesity because of evidence of sugar's addictive properties, but that's not relevant to our discussion.)

There are a lot of studies regarding the carcinogens contained in marijuana smoke, not all of which are favorable. You can find them on google. This is a pretty controversial area of research.

@142 Im sorry, but I think in saying that marijuana is physically addictive, you, like many scientists, are ignoring the fact that many people enjoy mixing a bit of tip (tobacco from a cigarette) into the pot that they smoke. A good freind of mine, for example, puts about a sixth of a cigarette into every joint he smokes. He smokes at least six joints a day, and therefore smokes at least one cigarette every day. It is very possible that the withdrawl symptoms you describe are nothing more than the smoker jonesing for nicotene from the tobacco.

@223 *I have heard of no controversy regarding the inclusion of substance related disorders.* Cannabis dependence really does ruin people's lives. They lose jobs, drop out of school, lose friends, and generally miss out on pleasant life experiences, much as alcoholics do. I have heard personal testimonials to this effect, in addition to reading about it in my studies of psychology.*

(* are used instead of quotation marks beacuse my keyboard is being French, and types out È whenever I need a quotation mark... and yes, technically it is my computer thats screwing me over, but the symbols are on the keyboard, therefore it gets the blame.) (also, that second * was already in there. FYI)

Cannabis dependancy does not ruin lives. Being a lazy douche who lives in their parents basement because they dont want to get off their ass and find a job ruins lives. Not having the maturity to quit when you realise that smoking is interfering with your life ruins lives. Saying marijuana is what causes these people to lose their jobs, families, and drop out of school is essentially alleviating all the blame from them. You simply cannot use pot as a scapegoat like that. At some point people must be accountable for their own actions (or innactions)(not sure if thats a word).

Also, and lastly I suppose, could a bunch of you please pull your heads out of your asses, do a little research, and stop pointing and shouting *Scientoligist!!!1* every time someone mentions aliens. Jebus cocksucking christ, use the internet for something other than those hilarious motivational posters and hardcore dp scat pornography (or whatever it is youre into), and learn the difference between Scientology and interventionism.

Almost lastly, Stargate FTW.

And finally, to paraphrase some Half Baked *You ever seen Stargate... on weed?*

Saying someone with a cannabis dependency is a lazy douche who should just quit is like saying someone with major depression is just being emo and should stop whining, or someone with PTSD should just get over what happened to them already. It's insensitive, and a gross misunderstanding of what is really going on.

My Friend and her dad think that all the illegal drugs should be made legal because then the government could put a tax on them

@264 I think you misunderstood me. Im not saying people with cannabis dependancy are lazy douches, Im saying lazy douches are lazy douches. The cannabis dependancy has nothing to do with it. I smoke pot every day, and somehow I manage to still make it into work everyday. I still have an active social life(with many people who also happen to smoke pot everyday, and, ironically enough, also manage to keep their jobs. In fact, several of them, in addition to working, also attend Carleton University.).

I guess what Im getting to is, you cannot just blame pot, at some point people need to take responsibility for their actions.

Also, depression and PTSD have nothing to do with smoking marijuana. I have no idea where youre going with that.

Because you're misunderstanding the disorder. Most people can have alcohol every day without becoming alcoholics. It's not different with pot. Just because you haven't developed a dependency doesn't mean that other people don't. I mentioned the other mental disorders as an analogy to illustrate that, just as with those disorders, it's NOT as simple as mind over matter when you have a substance disorder.

You should know that cognitive impairments, such as difficulty following a straightforward argument, are common symptoms of chronic marijuana use. They usually go away when you go off it, but I'd still be careful. You wouldn't want it to get worse.

I don't really get the point of the name dropping. Am I supposed to be impressed by where your friends go to school? If I started name dropping you'd call me an elitist asshole. But so it goes.

+1. I hate people saying "dump her".
There must be a reason why they're together. One argument about pyramids shouldn't ruin a relationship lol.

I completely agree. I got kind of freaked out when my boyfriend admitted to buying into conspiracy theories about the Kennedy assassination, but I decided to stay with him because I really liked him, and we're still together. He's smart about other things, so I talk to him about them. It's actually pretty easy not to bring up the Kennedy assassination in daily conversation--you can even talk about his administration without talking about the assassination. I imagine the same will be true about the Egyptian pyramids.

Agreed, my husband and I have different theories on Dinosaurs and evolution. We fight about it but in more of a playful, "your so dumb but its okay" way. We agree to disagree and, its not as if we are talking about it on a daily basis.

smth?

something

the op must have not seen the movie how sad

I know there was something on the History Channel a while about about "ancient aliens" and some German guy who wrote a book called "The Chariots of the Gods" which was just about all the weird things around all of the pyramids and other ancient buildings that seem to resemble aliens and spaceships and what not. Now I don't necessarily believe that aliens taught our ancestors to build pyramids or even came here at all, I just think it was pretty interesting and something to think about even if it is a completely stupid coincidence.

# 47, you should read "Fingerprints of the Gods", by Graham Hancock. Also good.

I didn't read Chariots of the Gods, but I do have a documentary by that name. ^_^

its by Erich von Däniken, interesting reading, esp if you've got good imagination

Actually, von Däniken's ideas were the inspiration for the Stargate movie. Even though they aren't scientifically valid, they are awesome science-fiction. If you ask me, Scientology should have adapted this stuff instead of the Xenu-crap!

waffle houses... !! lol! you're briljant!

Fail.
Aliens did not build them. There is documentation that the Pharoahs of Old Kingdom of Egypt had them constructed, and THEY WEREN'T THAT HARD TO BUILD. Just look at the temples of the Greek and Roman Empires - those were incredibly precisely constructed without the use of laser technology, or even any sort of technology more advanced than what the Egyptians had.
I'm an anthropology major and I can promise you that IF I felt like wasting my time, I could send you tens of articles that cite specific evidence that proves that it was JUST PLAIN OLD HUMANITY THAT BUILT THE PYRAMIDS so don't even begin with that "we don't know, it could have been aliens" b*llsh!t.
Take your uneducated "open-minded" self and go be ignorant somewhere else.

medusachic666 are you an idiot? you can't understand if something is a joke? you are the definition of pitiful

Hahahaha - you're a "proud liberal" and accuse someone with education of being a pig just for being right? Wow.

Hold on, hold on, hold on. I think I missed something. When did "my girlfriend thinks aliens built the pyramids" become "get back in the kitchen woman"? Someone please explain this to me; I don't want to accidentally become a chauvinistic pig because I told a woman what time it was or something.

Well, obviously, Saying "My gf thinks aliens built the pyramids" is clearly saying she knows nothing about anything, and she needs to start working on dinner so its at the table in time.

#54 - I literally lol'd :D

proud_liberal.... I'm confused, you mean the gf wasn't in the kitchen cooking or cleaning when they had this conversation? what the hell was she doing? thinking she had the right to do anything else? no wonder she was confused, he let her have a little freedom and her brain couldnt handle it

#40, What the fuck does that have to do with anything the OP said ?!

No he doesn't know everything, but having an MS in Anth means he's probably taken at least one archaeology course. In my "intro to archaeology" course we did some extensive talking on how people think many historical things were built by aliens and all of the evidence pointing to the contrary.

If his girlfriend said that Jesus spoke to her and he said grape gatorade is evil and is the father of hitler, hence why donald duck doesn't wear pants should OP humor her with that as well. I mean It's possible, isn't it? Not likely but who are we to disprove it?

Where would it end for the poor OP if he accepted the aliens theory?

SO AGREE, #49.
All of the stupid people out there who are saying "humor her, she might be right" need to make sure never ever ever to procreate.

you forgot the /s to let people know you're kidding.

kekekekekekekeke

Really? We couldn't build the pyramids with the technology we have today? With all of the bizarre buildings we are able to build, you don't think we could pull off a simple geometric shape like a pyramid?

Sure, it's *possible* that aliens did it. It's also *possible* that this whole world is a figment of your imagination, that you're dreaming this all up and when you wake up, we'll all vanish. I don't plan on living as if that possibility was a reality, though.

Yes we couldn't do it today!! Do you really think we'd be able to build a huge pyramid that sharpens objects placed in its centre? No, we can't. And the pyramids have perfect dimensions. They've been measured. Each side is perfect. We couldn't do that today. There would be too much error.

Actually do some research before you bash me. I know a lot about the pyramids because I have a great interest in them because of how amazing they are.

"Yes we couldn't"? Your logic confounds me.

Meant to be a comma sorry: "Yes, we couldn't do it today."

Perfect? Perfect in what manner? They are roughly hewn, and the masonry is pitted and decomposed. They aren't perfect in that manner, so what? Are you saying that the sides and angles match? Clearly if the sides match in length, so will the angles and height-to-peak. If the angles match, so will the length of the sides. It's quite easy to measure length or angle, and this technology wasn't missing lacking in Egyptian times.

Nor is the technology lacking to build the pyramids now.

So yes, while alien intervention is "possible" -- after all, it's "possible" you're nothing more than a brain in a box being fed information from a computer -- it's not probable, and asserting that not only is it possible and probable, but most definitely certain requires a credulity most scientists cannot muster.

Yes, NOW they are "roughly hewn, and the masonry is pitted and decomposed" but you forget it's been HUNDREDS of years...nothing can stand up to the ware and tear of Egypt for that long.


And how the hell did you know I'm a brain in a box? Are you stalking me?! Freak!!!

"Sharpens objects placed in its centre"? You... I... buh? Are we talking about the same pyramids, here? Big stone things in Giza, one of which is believed to be the tomb of fourth dynasty Egyptian king Khufu? Those are the pyramids we're talking about, right?

Also, if we have the technology to measure the pyramids and see that they have "perfect" dimensions, could we not use that same technology to check our own dimensions and ensure that they were "perfect," if we decided to build more pyramids?

The Cheops pyramid...in EGYPT (so yes we're talking about the same pyramids). It's said to sharpen objects if the object is placed correctly in its centre. Also, if you make an exact model of the Cheops pyramid (but on a smaller scale) that one will sharpen metal too.

Google the pyramids to find all the amazing stuff about them!

I agree with you totally #73

#78 - the scale models that you refer to, at least, have been tested. They showed an unfortunate lack of ability to preserve food or sharpen blades, in spite of claims to the contrary. You're right, google is indeed informative... it showed me websites with scientific research that disproved the sharpening theory.

No, the only reason that that we can't build pyramids today is because if any one country enslaves tens maybe hundreds of thousands of people to spend their entire life just building one building then other countries around the world get pissed off.

Also I think any city is 1000 times more impressive then the pyramids. O look you piled up some rocks, well we created infrastructure that can let millions of people live in a small space, all having a standard of living higher than any person had ever. That's impressive, and it wasn't built by aliens.

HAHAA omg I just laughed so hard. You are kidding, right #78?

If not... please don't ever have offspring.
Or please tell me you're like, in middle school or something.

PYRAMIDS DO NOT HAVE ANY MAGICAL POWERS. THEY WERE NOT BUILT BY ALIENS. WE ARE PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF CONSTRUCTING SIMILAR STRUCTURES WITH COMPARABLE TECHNOLOGY TODAY IF PROVIDED WITH ENOUGH MAN POWER.

Seriously, everyone on here in support of this alien thing had better be fucking joking or not yet in college. Otherwise I have such huge and serious fears for the fate of our planet if there are such total retarded cretins walking around.

#78 guy
it scares me that ppl like you actually is alive... its like, u're soo desperate to be uniqe that u deny common sense and proven science just to be different.. perhaps somethings its good to be open-minded about, but simple facts like that should pretty much just be accepted.

Another thing to all you "aliens built it" retards.. Do you think humans are dumb and uncapable of good construction and ingeenering? (If so, watch Discoverys constructions shows more often). Do you think the human brain has actually grown the last thousands years, and that all humans in the ancient times were stupider than us? Cause if u think so, u've would been amazed about the true geniousity of old historical architecture.
and really... If you had all the resources u needed, a lifetime and possibly even longer time to build it, and pretty much ALL the manpower u needed, aswell as the best engineers and architects in the known world, would u still think it was impossible without help from some aliens with a ?

who knows... perhaps the tards of 3009 will believe the statue of liberty or the eifel tower was 'zapped' in from aliens. or maybe todays tards already do O.o

O he's a scientist? Well that makes anything he says unquestionably right ESPECIALLY if tonnes of other SCIENTISTS disagree with him.

Sweet irony that she's dumb enough to believe that but OP isn't smart enough to take advantage of it.

Lol #66 ftw

lol, so totally FTW.. Stargate rocks!!!

:D

*LMAO* But Ra, who ordered the construction of the pyramides, didn't come from Mars. If she actually were a Goa'Uld, she would know that. So she is probably a Shol'va!

To #73...

They had these awesome things called BOATS that could carry stones along the river from a QUARRY.
There are records of the exchanges in trade.

Why is it easier to find retarded, incorrect information on the internet than it is to find reliable, peer-reviewed scholarly articles?

EVERYONE - USE A GOOGLE SCHOLAR SEARCH, NOT JUST A REGULAR GOOGLE SEARCH.
Not that hard NOT to be f*cking retarded, people.

Boats? In a desert? Surely you jest! We all know that deserts are completely and totally devoid of any life-giving substance, such as water. The Egyptian people survived by drinking sand. The Nile is a lie!!

:-P

God, you're a hard ass... I tried formulating my reply in such a way whiners like you wouldn't feel obligated to put up some enoying reply just to prove their intelectuality.. Yes, scholar.google.com is great, whoop die doo for you for being in uni to or at least knowing it exists.. But beleive it or not, there are truths beond the boundaries of commonly accepted mainstream beleifs..
Thank you #170 for making that point, because yes, they did transport the stones by boats, but they still had quite some ground to cover.. and don't forget, these projects had to be finished before the pharao died.. so time was of the essence..
And last but not least, idk if you're reference to bs internet info was about the stones or the positioning of the pyramids, but plz, just look on google scholar for info on the positioning of the pyramids...
FML for sitting behind my pc, waisting my time on making a point to some random dude who is probably to hard headed to even read my reply..

FYI...people researching "Chariots of the Gods" have found all sorts of stuff that von Daniken got wrong; one big thing is the Nazca lines, which he claims were landing strips for aliens, but are on soft, irregular ground that would be one of the worst possible terrains for landing strips. In later books he was found out to have lied about visiting various places and talking to various people, and at one point he ended up doing jail time for fraud. I'd suggest you take anything von Daniken says with a grain of salt, and read "Crash Go The Chariots" for an alternative viewpoint.

No, if you let this shit slide now, these type of outbursts will only increase in volume and inanity. Its appeasement and domino theory rolled into one. Hitler and the Reds will overrun the planet if this type of behavior is not rudely stifled.

haha pretty much what i was going to say.

* Lever
* Wheel and axle
* Pulley
* Inclined plane
* Wedge
* Screw

and the sweat of their brows.
Well, the slaves' brows.

LOL funny Transformers 2 reference.

Like the OP, I'm an Anthropology major, and I literally started to cry during that movie when they were destroying all of those ancient monuments. The needless waste .... not funny to play an archeologist like that, not funny at all, lol.

...america IS run by secret societies.

I too saw this great program. It was a theory by Jean-Pierre Houdlin. Not only did it make sense, but proved the use of the "notches" leading up the ramp in the great hall. A large ramp was used up to and including the incline of the interior in the great hall. then an interior ramp was used on the apex going up. They had openings on the corners to turn the blocks to continue till the next open air corner. This is because using one largre ramp would require to be at least1.6 kilometers (about a mile) and having an exterior ramp wrapping around it would block the view of progress and alignment. The notches in the great hall was used to get the 9 beams weighing 60+ tons up the ramp.
Of course they didn't have the technology we have, it would be absurd to think otherwise. Not having calculators ment they knew math and angles. I took drafting in high school for one semester and you don't need technology. Just a compass and straight edge can do a lot. As for how they were able to make it level, we have all used a bubble level or at least seen one, right? There is no CPU involved to use it.
Can we build this today? If we wanted to, but the workmanship and strive for excellence is as common as common sense. And yes I beleive we are not alone in the universe, for it is too vast, but give humans credit where credit is due.

Hmm. You are correct.
History is about knowing stuff for which there is reliable evidence, not believing things for which there is none.
Being credulous is not a gift, it is an affliction

Actually, the same argument was used about stonehenge. So recently, archaeologists did move the massive rocks using the technology that would have been available at the time

Really? Awesome... I wish I could have been in on that little undertaking. I'll have to keep my eyes and ears open for news of the recreation of the Roman roads, I guess. There has to be somebody out there who doesn't believe the Romans built those roads, right? So perfectly straight... or how about the aqueducts?

yeah because "a few anthropologists" can accomplish in a few months what thousands of slaves were ordered and forced to do for decades...thats like saying "find a few construction workers and if they cant build another Statue of Liberty in 2 months, aliens must have gave it to us"

Maybe the Atlanteans helped them. Or the Illuminati?
I'm not really sure why people feel an extraterrestrial/ supernatural is necessary. All you need is an understanding of basic mechanics, a few thousand slaves and long time to do it.

I think you are missing the point.
I respect her right to *have* an opinion.
Her *actual* opinion is pretty stupid, mainly because it is based on lack of knowlegde and frankly,her lack of imagination ("I can't see how humans could do that")

This FML is the first I've ever heard of aliens building the Egyptian pyramids. I guess aliens also played a part in building the World Trade Center, the Sears Tower, Mt. Rushmore....because there's NO way human beings could have done it themselves. Especially not in times of slavery (like ancient Egypt) when people would have been FORCED to do it. Nope, no way, can't happen, definitely the Martians doing it.

...OP is completely right in his reaction. She has the nerve to say HE is the "irrational idiot"?! My boyfriend is an educated person as well, as am I, and if I started saying stuff like "Well, I think rain is actually just the aliens from Mars crying on us and you're an irrational idiot for thinking otherwise", I'd expect him to dump my ass in a heartbeat. Although if he did, I can take comfort in the fact that you'd be there, defending my right to my opinion =)

It's no longer the Sears Tower. Some assholes renamed it the Willis Tower a couple weeks ago.

Lol, "some assholes renamed it". You sound about as annoyed as New Yorkers are about the Triboro Bridge being renamed the Robert F. Kennedy bridge.

They're renaming the Triboro? Weak. And to name it after RFK? Whats he done for us in the last 50 years?

I pulled up this internet "evidence" and it made me laugh pretty hard. I thought I would share and no I don't believe a word that is said. http://www.outerworlds.com/likeness/aliens/aliens.html

I don't know. It took him 8 years to figure out his gf's a dumbass. I wouldn't want this woman raising my kids. My kids might believe they have two assholes because they're aliens.

The issue is that with people who believe this sort of stuff, it is often difficult to have a rational discussion with them.
Also he is not arguing from authority. The fact that he refers to his Master's in Anthrop is a way of indicating he has
1) Demonstrated some knowledge in material that has been critically assessed
2) Had to defend his opinions in informed debate

Also re "People used to believe the world was flat (when it is not)", this is not a good argument. The fact that less people believe it now does not make it more likely to be true, does it?
The fact exists independent of what people believe


You try convincing a conspiracy/ supernatural theorist that their views are mistaken. They change their basis or make something up ad hoc so they don't have to change their paradigm.

By....fudging the time frame, or working slaves to death, or using ramps and ropes and other simple tools?
Are there really approximately 210,240,000 stones in the Great Pyramid? And is that rapid so hard to imagine when you have slaves laying stones on all sides and in all parts at once?

Fuck all man, stop underestimating ancient cultures. Humans are and have been creative and intelligent enough to do amazing things for a very long time.

And who are you, Mr. Superiority Complex guy? You are completely missing the point.

He's not bragging about his achievements. He's just pointing out that he has a passion for anthropology, and that his girlfriend is insulting his passion. In addition, he's showing that if anyone would know about the origin of the pyramids, it would be he (him?).

I agree! How could we puny humans, with our lowly thumbs and think-boxes, possibly have built such magnificent shapes as triangles and squares! It is impossible that a race of beings so primitive as we are today would be remotely capable of stacking stones on top of eachother in a roughly geometric pattern! I mean, geez, we invented, uh...the internet, we sent men to the moon, and, uh, made weapons capable of destroying our planet a hundred times over...but those ain't no pyramids! Th3y sh4rp3n st00f!

Ever hear of David Ickes? Some people are just so ridiculous that they NEED to be taken down a peg. Look him up, and TRY not to think condescending thoughts. Betcha can't! :P

Hey, OPT911, you're an idiot. According to your logic, the opinion of a dentist and the opinion of a bloke who removes his teeth with string and a door, both concerning dentistry, are equally valid. Opinions that are well-demonstrably lower in quality and education should NOT be given equal weighting as one with an educational basis.