The EI Podcast EI Weekly Listen — The fake history of civilisational states by Christopher Coker
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Mar 11, 2022 AI Snips
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Ancient Flight Claim Backfires
- Indian scientists claimed ancient flight teaching seven thousand years ago, sparking controversy in 2005.
- Bangalore engineers earlier showed such designs would have violated physics, exposing myth as political theatre.
Science Recast To Serve National Myths
- Nationalists reinterpret modern science through Vedic categories to legitimize ancient primacy.
- Coker argues this is a cynical power play disguising political aims as tradition defence.
Modi’s Vedic History Example
- Narendra Modi embraces Vedic history as literal past and ties it to his political brand.
- Coker contrasts such claims with the historical record on education and ancient subjects like genetics.