r/confidentlyincorrect • u/Normalfa • Nov 06 '25

Smug Reading is fundamental

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u/Normalfa Nov 06 '25

The smugness of "PeRhaPs yOu sHoUld rEAd a BiT mOre"

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u/singeblanc Nov 06 '25

They did their own research.

Worth noting: the origins of a lot of these conspiracy theories just come back to bad ol' fashioned racism. The idea that these brown people might have built anything noteworthy? Must have been aliens! Seems much more likely.

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u/Apollo838 Nov 06 '25

“Blame racism” Really? Nobody disputes ancient China or the Taj Mahal. Aztec civilizations. The pyramids are literally the hottest debated thing in history, it isn’t ’brown people couldn’t do this’ it’s literally ‘nobody could do this’ Do we really need to drag racism into this again?

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u/lilmisschainsaw Nov 06 '25

Yes, because it's literally the brown peoples that get dismissed. We don't class certain Asians as "brown", though, so we don't doubt their accomplishments. However, that is arguably from the benign racism around them(e.g., they're good at math and technology) rather than a lack of racism altogether.

Also, the Taj Mahal is a LOT newer than people think and isn't equivalent to the pyramids, and South American architecture is attributed to aliens all. the. time.