Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "Beware of These Words (with Miniminuteman) | Livestream Highlights" video.

  1.  @thomasbell7033  much like Ayn Rand, Von Daniken is thrilling for the adolescent mind. Thankfully we grow out of it, and either find other intellectual thrills or buckle down to learn real economics or archaeology (which can also be more thrilling).
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  2. Another well known example is when wild animals drag their prey into caves. If the prey was humanoid, that could lead to speculation that the cave was used as a burial site, which suggests that the humanoids in question believed in an afterlife. This is one reason why archaeologists are so meticulous in gathering evidence before forming hypotheses. The presence of human remains isn’t enough, there must be other indications.
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  3.  @AZ-697  Genetics stands on the shoulders of Darwin. How do you reconcile the work of Newton with Special Relativity? With quantum mechanics? (Newton believed in Alchemy by the way.)
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  4. ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND HISTORIANS HATE THIS ONE SIMPLE HACK
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  5.  @MotoGiant  There was a time when we speculated about conspiracy theories because it was fun. We didn’t take it too seriously (although there were some people that did and spent years of work trying to gather evidence for their theories). Cryptozoology was fun. You know, the Loch Ness monster and Sasquatch and all that. And if you went backpacking in the Pacific Northwest, the legend of Big Foot created a certain spice to the adventure. There’s an author who wrote novels about conspiracy theories, Robert Anton Wilson. He wrote the Illuminati Trilogy, which is vastly entertaining. He was once asked if he really believed in conspiracies and he said it wasn’t a matter of belief, but of probabilities. I think this guided me. There was a tiny probability that the Loch Ness Monster was real or that we were being visited by extraterrestrials, but the overwhelming evidence indicated that probably Nessie didn't exist and there were no aliens. I accepted mainstream science, but it was fun to consider the long shot. Anyway, "alternative science" was an entertainment for most of us. Blaming the CIA was kind of a joke more than a real suspicion. There's also an interesting (and ambiguous) novel by Umberto Eco, named Foucault's Pendulum. It's worth read if you've got time. It's more about the mindset of serious conspiracy theorists, and not a defense of them.
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  6. ⁠ @russellmillar7132  I moved to Mexico, which is not an undeveloped country (despite what some people think). But there is a lot of poverty and poor people know how to improvise and make do. Sometimes they’ve developed different tricks for making do that are ingenious and get passed on to succeeding generations. But sometimes stuff I see is scary and dangerous. Electrical work. Improper securing of loads on pick up trucks. People are used to doing things for themselves, but they don’t always have the knowledge or understanding of what it is they’re trying to do. I think one of my favorite things is the “shade tree mechanic” that doesn’t have a workshop but works under the shade of a tree on the side of the road. I had a friend that worked in an Autobody shop, and when the maestro retired, the workshop building was sold. So my friend moved his own equipment into my stairwell (I live on a second floor, but I’ve got my own first floor entrance), and for the last 8 or 9 years, he works on the street in front of my building, and keeps his tools, paint and other materials inside my front door, to the side of the stairs. He’s offered to pay rent, but I told him to just pay the electrical bill, because he uses it to run his compressor. The other benefits are that he’s an extra layer of security, and he’s usually there to receive packages if I’m not home. I know someone has my back. During the pandemicm he’d send his assistant out if I needed an errand. Anyway, I’m rambling. Why did I bring up Luis? Oh, yeah. The dude is a master craftsman of Bondo. And I’ve seen him teach his skills to his cousin, who works as his assistant. There’s a lot of cases when he orders replacement panels to for damaged cars, but when he knows his client can’t afford new parts, he gives them an equal result with Bondo. When it’s all painted, you can’t tell the difference.
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