I know these things are true because I saw them on TV:

 

Snow gets heavier when it melts. (CBC News)

 

God was an alien. (von Danniken)

 

The Bible should be taken as an historical document. (Various conArtists)

 

The pyramids were built by aliens.

 

Stonehenge was built by aliens or maybe Atlanteans. (Various conArtists)

 

Giant inter-dimensional space lizards are controlling the world's governments. (Space, but it was a documentary)

 

Atlanteans, or maybe aliens, are responsible for every advance mankind has ever made. (Various conArtists)

 

Ghosts are real and it's ghosts that cause the cold spots in your house, not bad insulation and vapour barriering. (Various conArtists)

 

Moses seven plagues really happened.(Various conArtists)

 

Cheap lenses on cheap cameras prove the existence of ghosts, aliens, Sasquatch, and likely el Chupacabre.(Various conArtists)

 

The Sphinx was built by a previously unknown civilization and holds the secrets of Atlantis in one of its paws. (Discovery Channel)

 

Those are just a few of the things TV has tried to mis-teach me. Please feel free to add your own.

Giant inter-dimensional space lizards are controlling the world's governments. (Space, but it was a documentary)

 

David Icke is clinically insane, much like Elron Hubbard.

I'd say that most of the people who put these things forward are clinically insane, but they still get on TV.

 

More disturbing still is that they get on allegedly educational shows on allegedly educational channels. Most of the von Danniken stuff has been on Discovery, for instance.

#1 thing I learned on TV: People lie. A lot. Even on science shows and documentaries.

I'm not convinced that these people are lying though. I think many of them (not all) actually believe the crap they tell us.

I'm not convinced that these people are lying though. I think many of them (not all) actually believe the crap they tell us.

 

OK, then... #2 thing I learned on TV: Some (and that's being nice!) people are stupid.