Pseudoscience is a belief or the process that attempts to trap the ideas, methodology and techniques from science, but it is not able to achieve them on its terms. On a wider note, the pursuits of the knowledge about in Pseudoscience involve considerable elements of guesswork, intuitions, and the experiments which do not adequately test the theory. Further, in pseudoscience, the results may be incorrectly interpreted or sometimes entirely wrong.
The movie “The Chariots of the Gods” by Erich von Daniken uses considerable descriptions and the pseudoscience to the support the thematic ideas as depicted. Von Daniken describes being shown into huge systems of tunnels that widened out beneath the Pacific Ocean and consequently composed of the gold artifacts written on the massive collection of various metal discs (Daniken 12). Ideally, the film begins with the series of various science men arguing about various kinds of life and intelligence. In this regard, the viewers are carried from the argument regarding life in other world regions. A closer look at the documentary reveals that a man is predicted to arrive at another planet, Mars, before the end of the 20th century, and ultimately arrive at Venus at in the 21st-century (Chariots of the Gods). All these events are accompanied by the scene and the descriptions of the cargo cult and its responses to the other powers bestowed in the American military. The theory depicted in this case is that ancient human responded in the same way to visitations by the ancient astronauts. Ideally, this analogy is illustrated as a pseudoscience because of inadequate evidence to support the ideas.
As the movie progresses, an assertion that the world mythology consists of stories concerning godlike visitors is given. In this case, the film mentions an example of the Hindu’s Vimana airships. It is important to note that the documentary utilizes various examples such as the Troy discovery by Heinrich Schliemann, which is also considered a myth in the history. The ideas, as seen in the movie, implies that the ancient aliens are also likely to experience the similar things. Ideally, all these descriptions constitute to significant examples of the pseudoscience, based on the wrong interpretation attached. Fundamentally, Schliemann is regarded as one of the famous archaeologists in the world history, despite been disputed by modern historians.
As the movie goes on, it is argued that nobody understands the manner in which the ancient Egyptians succeeded in moving massive constructions stones, the massive statues and the obelisks. The viewers will come to a consensus that the ideas are given in this scene significantly constitute to greater components of the pseudoscience. In reality, much is known regarding the methods, strategies and the techniques which the ancient Egyptians used to carry building stones, which even led to the establishment of famous structures such as the Great Pyramid (Daniken 34). Moreover, various pieces of evidence show that Romans and other later people were able to move obelisks from Egypt to Rome and other regions through the utilization of the modern technology. Conceivably, the documentary concludes with a visit to Nazca, which is the line art and the intended landing strip. Generally, the file “The Chariots of the Gods,” provides the assertions and linkages of a different kind, but provide no evidence to such claims (Chariots of the Gods). In this case, therefore, it is true to conclude that the film director and authors have considerably used pseudoscience to support their arguments.
There has been many modern examples of pseudoscience, which have in the recent times brought about confusion to scientists, researchers and educationists. In relation to astronomy, it was expected that 2012 would bring large-scale calamities that would even lead to the end of the world. In the same way, the Flat Earth Society theory which claims that the earth is flat and disc-shaped greatly constitute to pseudoscience. In psychology, a psychoanalysis technique which is a psychiatric method developed by Sigmund Freud for the treatment of psychological problems is still under controversy, and therefore acts as an example of pseudoscience. To sum up, the denial of the holocaust which claims that the genocide of the Jews did not occur is an example of pseudoscience (Daempfle 67).
According to Smith (45), the pseudoscience poses greater problems to educationists, researchers and the general public. In Russia, for instance, over 100 academies have appeared, the majority of which do not deserve the name academies. Several of them have gone ahead to approval stamps to professionally incompetent doctors of science in various science fields (Smith 21). Finally, the inconsistency between the proved scientific paradigms and modern concepts in astrology, physics and history substantially affects the quality of research and education across the world.
Work Cited
Chariots of the Gods. Dir. Herald Reiln. Terra Film 2009. Film
Daniken, Erich. Chariots of the Gods: Unsolved Mysteries of the Past. New York: Berkley Books, 1999. Print.
Daempfle, Peter. Good Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience, and Just Plain Bunk: How to Tell the Difference. , 2013. Print
Smith, Jonathan C. Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal: A Critical Thinker's Toolkit. Chicester: Wiley, 2009. Print.
