Alternative Theories

This theory is very common and is growing in support. Elon Musk is probably the most well known proponent. In many ways I think this actually works well with the idea that the earth is an experiment/school being monitored by higher intelligences. If we are living in a simulation doesn’t it make sense that some "gods" must be monitoring and controlling it? It's also possible that there is an existing form of AI in the galaxies controlling the simulations. Do we feed the simulation with the activity from society. I personally think this theory also functions well with the research being done on consciousness. Is it possible that the hive mind of humanity is somehow connected to the simulation? Are we dreaming this world around us through our beliefs and thoughts? This makes me wonder what the true purpose of the simulation might be. Is it all designed to evolve humanity and progress our consciousness? Does the simulation benefit from the work accomplished by society? What if the point of the Matrix is to identify the souls brave enough to defy it? Perhaps we can escape from the Simulation? 

What if all the different human cultures branched from an ancient race of advanced Atlanteans? We have all heard of Plato's claim that an advanced human civilization was wiped from the face of the earth by a massive flood but what if there is even more to the story. It is entirely possible that some Atlanteans survived the cataclysm and helped reboot human civilization. If there were survivors from an advanced ancient society, the first thing these people would do is start rebuilding the civilization they had watched collapse. I believe the Atlanteans were sharing the Earth with a variety of less advanced peoples at the time and upon the destruction of Atlantis they took it upon themselves to help these peoples develop new technologies. This transfer of knowledge and technology provides a reasonable explanation for some of the bizarre understandings held by our ancestors as well as the strange correlation between different ancient sacred sites such as the Pyramids of the Mayans, Egyptians, and Xian Chinese.

The idea that the ancient gods literally came to earth and influenced human civilization is one possibility but I'll confess that it is not alone. There is another explanation that could explain humanities rapid rise to a technologically advanced civilization. The stoned ape theory proposes the idea that primitive cavemen started introducing psychedelic mushrooms into their diet. These drugs stimulate creative thought and can enlighten users with a wealth of universal knowledge. It is possible that by using these drugs, primitive humans were able to expand their consciousness and rapidly develop a more advanced lifestyle with improved cognition. I have a few questions if this is the case. How did ancient civilizations across the world construct pyramids and other ancient technological wonders? Could they use psychedelics to communicate with different emerging civilization across Earth? Could the gods have been hallucinations? Is it possible that somehow by expanding our consciousness, primitive humans reached out to the gods with the use of psychedelic drugs ? This would explain a quote from Terrence McKenna who believes "that the place to search for extraterrestrials is in the psychic dimension". 

This one's a trip. There are plenty of people that believe they have another viable explanation for our current situation. Many of the leading voices in the UFO community believe that aliens are actually concerned with our society and wish to help. Some government employees have even claimed that nuclear rockets have been shot down by UFOs before entering space. Could we have friendly extraterrestrial neighbors that wish to preserve our existence? Is that what the "gods" are? Or could humans from the future be retroactively ensuring ideal timelines? Maybe underground societies currently in place have had a much grander plan for humanity the whole time? Interestingly, Megan Fox actually has a say on the matter. During an appearance on Ellen, she and DeGeneres got to talking about the History channel program Ancient Aliens. Megan Fox elaborated that "It's all about the theory that these megalithic structures were possibly built by—not necessarily like little green aliens, but maybe future humans that they call ancient astronauts—that did some sort of time travel. Something extraterrestrial was involved." If you ask me its all a bunch of perspective and no one can really claim to know the full truth. People accept what they can wrap their heads around. Here's what I really know. Nothing is what it seems and something massive is about to happen in the next five years. We need to pull our society together and be ready. I don't know how to explain it, it's something I can feel in my bones and I can't ignore it.

Personally, this is my least favorite theory but its a favorite amongst some of my friends and family so I’ll put it up here for them. There is a possibility that humanity is really just the product of linear evolution from apes like our textbooks say and that no mushrooms or gods or advanced extraterrestrials had anything to do with it. There is also a possibility that all the conspiracies are just nonsense strung together by people with too much time on their hands. This would have a series of implications. First it would indicate that all religions are entirely fictional as well as all the texts left by our ancient ancestors. There would also have to be an active effort to plant evidence and fake hackings. There would have to be countless scientists committed to devoting their life to something they know to be false as well as thousands of books written to intentionally lead people astray. There would also have to be a much larger intention to do all these things. This explanation still doesn't explain a few other things though. It doesn't really explain UFO sitings, clearly the government is either withholding cutting edge technology from the public or hiding the existence of extraterrestrial life, or both. This also doesn't explain the amazing mathematical connection between the Pyramids and other ancient sites worldwide. It also doesn't explain why the government refuses to teach the hard research being done on human consciousness and why dangerous chemicals are allowed to enter our food and water supply. Having said this, it's entirely possible that I'm a little crazy.