[Livia]

Originally Posted by stonedape

"Quite frankly it is an insult to our ancient ancestors to attribute all of their great achievements to bloody aliens."

I think most creation myths are insulting for the same reasons.

I started writing a novel on the topic but realized terms like "unfalsifiable hypothesis" "confirmation bias" would probably sound like Japanese. I blame education: specifically science and math. And people don't read enough non-fiction. And most people don't read at all.

I think you're rather underestimating people. You said most people don't read enough "non-fiction", after saying you were "writing a novel" on the subject. Most people I know read all the time on a wide variety of subjects, and I've found that science - and astronomy in particular -has never been a more popular subject than it is right now.