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Why the Ancient Astronaut Hypothesis Fails Its Own Logic

The Ancient Astronaut Hypothesis presents itself as suppressed science. This paper tests that framing against the hypothesis's own internal logic: examining what behavioral, structural, and historical evidence would be required for it to be falsifiable — and why it fails each criterion it sets for itself.

AuthorAnthony Vondoom
Date2026
SeriesThe Deep Symbolic Systems Model (DSSM) Corpus
Keywordsancient astronaut hypothesis; falsifiability; pseudoarchaeology; DSSM; cognitive archaeology; Anthony Vondoom
LicenseCC BY 4.0
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