Thank God the conspiracy nuts don’t read and aren’t good at history or else they might have used some regional native tribes as the source for their special artifacts. The only things they know of as “old” are ancient Egypt and Atlantis.
Other than the vague “big bad gubbmint thinks you’re too stupid for their SECRETS” vibe, I almost find this old school X-Files type insanity sort of adorable. They don’t wanna hurt people, they just want a more interesting world
They do more damage than you think. They teach people to think that there are conspiracies by scientists to hide information from them. That leads to thinks like antivax beliefs and climate change denial. It’s a subtle insidiousness, but it needs to be beaten. People need to be able to understand that it just doesn’t happen.
“The Grand Canyon is hundreds of years old.” “I’m pretty sure it’s millions of years old.” …later… “I looked it up, it is hundreds of millions of years old. So we’re both right.” - King of the Hill
Where can I apply for a position to be a “they”. Sounds like a really fun career.
Step 1: get ambiguous
To be fair, when you’re an idiot, the concept of time is hard to comprehend.
When you’re too dumb to realize any of the many differences between what these photos show.
