Seeing Steven Tyler talk about conspiracy theories makes me all kinds of nerd-happy. The video title "shuts down" is very abrasive though. It's more an open-minded discussion between the two of them, with Steven throwing out some crazy thoughts and Rogan offering logical explanations, but also postulating some equally interesting, scientifically-based responses which make a lot of sense to me.
But yeah, it's definitely just another industry, preying on weak minded people ready to believe in anything. Still, all this conspiracy shit is fun to think about. I'm skeptical by nature, but I'll always be fascinated by all this stuff. (I can probably just blame The X-Files for influencing my young brain, tbh.)
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Joe Rogan likes to talk about virtually anything: UFC, stand-up comedy, science, politics, drugs, and conspiracy theories.
But after listening to some of the conspiracy theories of Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, even Rogan had to draw the line somewhere! Tyler presented theories about ancient humans living underground millions of years ago before the ice age hit, evolution and of course... aliens. "When I go our at night in Maui, I'm dying to see a UFO," says Tyler. "Because the second I see one, that will make clear s**t like the song I wrote called 'Back When Cain Was Abel', it was about a mothership and s**t."
However, Joe Rogan was ready to refute Tyler's stories with lots of past experience dealing with conspiracy theorists. "There's a f**kin' industry. The industry is in people wanting to get mysteries solved. The get mystery of 'is there life out there?' and nobody has the answers."
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http://www.waaf.com/blogs/anthony-capobianco/even-joe-rogan-gets-confused-steven-tylers-conspiracy-theories Full 2 hour podcast (will have to watch this when I have time):
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