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Erich von Daniken’shypothesis concerning space aliens visiting earth involve |
- depictions of ancient astronauts on archaeological sites around the world - alien intervention in human evolution - the idea that advanced alien technology had to be used to create the marvels of the ancient world |
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Von Daniken seeingrepresentations of ancient astronauts in past artwork is what Kida might call “seeking toconfirm”. Feder calls it
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the Inkblot hypothesis
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Von Daniken interprets acarving on the cover of the sarcophagus of Mayan ruler, Lord Pacal, as
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an astronaut in the cockpit of a spaceship
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Which is a method of scientific, geophysical prospecting
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- ground penetrating radar - resistivity - magnetometry |
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Kida's view on memory is
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some details we learn can be permanently lost to our memory
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The great pyramids were built (When)
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during the Old Kingdom
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A type of early Egyptian royal tomb that predated the pyramids was the
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Mastaba
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An example of an early construction that shows the evolution of pyramid building
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the step pyramid of Dioser
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according to Kida, intuitive judgments are
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notoriously unreliable in predicting future success
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Which is alleged to have happened that would indicate Tut's Curse was real
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- Howard Carter's canary was eaten by a cobra - Lord Carnarvon'c dog howled and died at the moment of Carnarvon's death - the lights went out across Cairo at the moment of Lord Carnarvon's death |
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The story of a worldwide flood, where animals are saved in a large boat by a righteous man is found in
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-The biblical story of Noah - the epic of Gilgamesh - the Sumerian story of Ziusudra |
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The most compelling argument against the existence of Noah's Ark
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the lack of geological evidence of a global flood
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The Biblical flood story may have been inspired by
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the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in antiquity
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An unusual inspiration for Von Daniken's ideas appears to be
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H.P. Lovecraft
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A recent discovery of a cuneiform tablet by Irving Finkel indicates that
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the Ark was round
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The Shroud of Turin is alleged to be
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the burial cloth of Christ
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What allegedly makes the Shroud of Turin miraculous?
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it has the image of a crucified Christ imprinted on it
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What is the problem with establishing the Shroud of Turin's authenticity
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- Radiocarbon tests date the shroud to AD 1325 - it does not conform to Jewish burial practices - The shroud with its image is not mentioned in the Gospels |
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An attempt by fundamentalist Christian groups to counter the teaching of evolution in schools has been called
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Scientific Creationism/ Intelligent Design
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According to Kida, one of the paradoxes of human nature is
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we hold some of our strongest beliefs in areas we know the least about
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This respected scientist published in 1963 that there was a strong likelihood that the earth had been visited by extraterrestrials
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Carl Sagan
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Why is Von Daniken's Amorous Alien hypothesis unlikely
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The odds of alien and human species being able to produce viable offspring are astronomical
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According to recent conspiracy theory, the blood from the Shroud of Turin has been cloned into __________, who is the antichrist
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Prince William
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Interpretations of anomalous rock formations as alien constructions can best be attributed as examples of
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Pareidolia
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Why is Tutankhamen so famous
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his was the only unlooted pharaoh's tomb ever discovered by archaeologists
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The site of Stonehenge
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was the center of a ritual landscape in Neolithic Britain
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How was Stonehenge built
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- in stages over the course of 3 decades 10,000 years ago - by transporting stones from as far away as wales - by the use of scaffolds and levers to erect the sarsens and lintels |
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The people that built Stonehenge
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were Neolithic farmers living at the nearby site of Durrington Wells
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According to Frederick Mitchell-Hedge, the "skull of Doom" was allegedly found
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within a Mayan temple at Lubaantun in British Honduras
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How could ancient people have been so advanced as to build Mayan temples and Stonehenge
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through their own initiatives and abilities
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According to Kida, believing a claim just because a person is in a position of authority is a logical fallacy called
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argument from authority
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This individual feels we are a "species with amnesia" because we have forgotten about an ancient civilization that inspired more recent civilizations around the world
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Graham Hancock
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How were the massive stone blocks that built the pyramids moved
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on sleds puled by dozens of men and water poured on the sand in advanced
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It appears that the crystal skulls made their first recorded appearance in Mexico in 1863 in the collection of
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Eugene Boban
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Who is the major proponent and investigator of the Bosnian pyramids
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Semir Osmanagic
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The so-called Baghdad battery
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- was an artifact found in Iraq in 1936 - consisted of a clay jar containing copper and iron rods and sealed with asphalt - produced less electrical power than a single modern AA battery |
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All crystal skulls studied thus far
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- do not have a good archaeological context - show evidence of mechanical cutting and polishing under high magnification - cannot be directly dated using scientific methods |
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In "Magicians of the Gods", the destruction of Hancock's lost civilization was brought about by the advent of much colder climate caused by
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A comet hitting the North American ice sheet
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According to Hancock, evidence of the influence of a sophisticated past civilization can be found at
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- the trilithon at Baalbek - Gobeckli Tepe - the legend of Atlantis |
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The Dendera "light bulb" is refuted by
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- no other evidence of electrical lighting anywhere in ancient Egypt - the fact that there are many examples of oil lamps found in Egyptian buildings - its interpretation as an Egyptian creation myth involving a lotus flower and snake |
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Graham Hancock's Atlantis was destroyed by a cataclysm ______ years ago
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12,000
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The mysterious collapse of the Mayan civilization can be attributed to
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A subsistence system inadequate to meet the needs of a growing population
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The purpose of the pyramids was
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- to serve as tombs for the pharaohs - impress outsiders with power and might of Egypt - keep the population busy during the annual flooding of the Nile |
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The curse of Tutankhamen
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was made up by a newspaper to whip up public interest and sell papers |
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The Maya predicted that on December 21, 2012
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that the 13th baktun of the Long Count calendar would come to an end
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Archaeology shows the pyramids of Egypt were constructed
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- by quarrying blocks from limestone from the Giza plateau - by preparing the worksite by leveling the building surface - by moving the blocks using ramps , local human labor, and scaffolding |
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The Upper Paleolithic cave art in Europes
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- dates to about 20,000 to 30,000 years ago - may be examples of hunting "magic" - depict handprints, geometric designs as well as prehistoric animals |
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Which is not one of the mistakes Kida claims we make in thinking
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we seek to disprove
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According to Kenneth Feder by using critical thinking and assessing fantastic claims with verifiable evidence we get
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a past we deserve
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