Aliensdidit

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Put simply, aliensdidit is the idiot atheist/mystic/naturalist version of Goddidit for people who still can't deal with things they find difficult to understand, but they act smug because at least they don't believe in [[God]].  They do, however, provide a <s>handy figleaf</s> secular <s>excuse</s> version for the dominant Goddidit camp to claim ID ''isn't'' Creationism in a lab coat. The argument of aliensdidit has as much basis in science as Goddidit: that is, none.  All evidence points to an undirected evolution, via natural selection. In order to accept the theory of aliensdidit you would have to accept a system similar to [[Old Earth creationism]], or maybe even [[Young Earth creationism]].
 
Put simply, aliensdidit is the idiot atheist/mystic/naturalist version of Goddidit for people who still can't deal with things they find difficult to understand, but they act smug because at least they don't believe in [[God]].  They do, however, provide a <s>handy figleaf</s> secular <s>excuse</s> version for the dominant Goddidit camp to claim ID ''isn't'' Creationism in a lab coat. The argument of aliensdidit has as much basis in science as Goddidit: that is, none.  All evidence points to an undirected evolution, via natural selection. In order to accept the theory of aliensdidit you would have to accept a system similar to [[Old Earth creationism]], or maybe even [[Young Earth creationism]].
  
Famous proponents of aliensdidit include [[Francis Crick]], who codiscovered the structure of DNA. Crick never strongly held this view, only advancing it as a possibility. [[Richard Dawkins]], despite what [[Expelled|some movies]] and their [[Ben Stein|smug star]]s attempted to [[quote mine|indicate]], does ''not'' believe in aliensdidit.
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Famous proponents of aliensdidit include [[Francis Crick]], who codiscovered the structure of DNA. Crick never strongly held this view, only advancing it as a possibility. [[Richard Dawkins]], despite what [[Expelled|some movies]] and their [[Ben Stein|smug star]]s attempted to [[quote mine|indicate]], does ''not'' believe in aliensdidit.<ref>He specifically stated that it was the ''most plausible'' mechanism by which Intelligent Design can be true. Not "I believe in space aliens" as Stein suggests.</ref>
  
 
==Ancient astronauts==
 
==Ancient astronauts==

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Aliensdidit is a subset of Intelligent Design. However, it should be considered the red-headed step-child of ID since ID was never meant to be anything other than a redress of Goddidit. Aliensdidit is one step "below" goddidit. It postulates that an advanced alien race created all life on Earth. To avoid the slippery slope of becoming goddidit, aliensdidit must ultimately revert back to evolution and natural selection, in order to explain how the aliens themselves developed.

Put simply, aliensdidit is the idiot atheist/mystic/naturalist version of Goddidit for people who still can't deal with things they find difficult to understand, but they act smug because at least they don't believe in God. They do, however, provide a handy figleaf secular excuse version for the dominant Goddidit camp to claim ID isn't Creationism in a lab coat. The argument of aliensdidit has as much basis in science as Goddidit: that is, none. All evidence points to an undirected evolution, via natural selection. In order to accept the theory of aliensdidit you would have to accept a system similar to Old Earth creationism, or maybe even Young Earth creationism.

Famous proponents of aliensdidit include Francis Crick, who codiscovered the structure of DNA. Crick never strongly held this view, only advancing it as a possibility. Richard Dawkins, despite what some movies and their smug stars attempted to indicate, does not believe in aliensdidit.[1]

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Ancient astronauts

""Umm, Captain Prometheus, are you sure this is part of the mission objectives?"

Another example of the aliensdidit argument is that human civilisation began with alien intervention. Erich von Däniken‎ even credits aliens with altering early man's DNA to create the first "intelligence" by taking sperm from a man, genetically engineering it and placing it in a woman, an event he says formed the basis of the Biblical story of Adam and Eve.[2] This argument relies heavily on the credulousness of the listener. The proponent begins by claiming that early man lived in caves, hitting things with rock, and "suddenly" started building large stone structures with advanced technology using information they could not possible have worked out for themselves, such as the positions of stars and the location of the North pole. By reinforcing the false perception that ancient people were not capable of deep intellectual thought, they then claim things like Stonehenge, the Pyramids and the Mayan calendar are mysteries that science can't explain. So after creating their own mystery, they provide their own answer: aliensdidit.

The much simpler explanation is that humans were still evolving and becoming more intelligent up until the end of the last ice age. At the beginning of the Holocene era, the most recent geological epoch, humans began to form permanent settlements, developing language which enabled the sharing of information. As these settlements grew larger, more information was shared and a great amount of people were available for large undertakings. The "ancients" merely did in stone what we do today in steel and concrete: build large structures for the powerful in our groups, so they can advertise and maintain their status.

Modern technology

A subset of Aliensdidit has nothing to do with jump-starting human evolution, rather it generally deals with today's technologies. They argue that things like transistors, fiber optics, digital computers, cell phones, and military technology like night vision and stealth aircraft, wasn't developed after years of research here on Earth, but rather it was reverse engineered after the Roswell crash.[3] Sometimes conspiracy theorists claim that in exchange for advanced technology the aliens are allowed to abduct us (and stick probes up our butts).[4] Much of this nonsense can easily be attributed to this line of thinking: I don't know how it works, when explained I don't understand how it works, the government may have classified it, therefore it can not be from this world.

Relation to Clarke's laws

Clarke's third law dictates "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Therefore, aliensdidit is homologous to Goddidit.

See also

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Footnotes

  1. He specifically stated that it was the most plausible mechanism by which Intelligent Design can be true. Not "I believe in space aliens" as Stein suggests.
  2. Erich von Däniken explains his "fairytale".
  3. http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread59681/pg1
  4. http://www.stopabductions.com
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