or other technology they didn't understand.
这种现象在地球上已经存在了数千年
This has been playing out for thousands of years here on Earth.
如果外星人的造访激发了古人以某种方式建造寺庙
If extraterrestrial visitation inspired the ancient people to build temples in a certain fashion
试图复♥制♥被误解的技术
and attempt to reproduce misunderstood technology,
难道这也促使他们去纹身
could it also have motivated them to tattoo
或者像瓦努阿图人用“U.S.A”这几个字母装饰他们的胸部那样 修饰他们的身体吗?
and otherwise modify their bodies similar to how the people of Vanuatu adorn their chests with the letters "U.S.A.,"
继续模仿那些在大部分岛民出生之前 曾造访过他们的士兵吗?
continuing to imitate the soldiers who visited before most of the islanders were even born?
古代宇航员理论家认为
Ancient astronaut theorists suggest
更多的证据表明 货物崇拜的做法包括身体修饰
additional evidence that cargo cult practices include body modifications
可以通过研究世界上许多其他文化来发现 这些文化也经历了极端的身体变化
can be found by examining numerous other cultures throughout the world that also undergo extreme body alterations.
在巴西 卡雅布人崇拜他们称之为贝普·科罗罗提的神
In Brazil, the Kayapo worship a god they call Bep Kororoti,
他们在仪式上用草编服装来描绘这些人 这让人诡异地联想到现代的宇航服
who they depict in ceremonies with a straw suit that is eerily reminiscent of a modern-day spacesuit.
他们的传统包括复杂的人体彩绘
Their traditions include intricate body painting,
脸部纹身 嘴唇拉伸和奇怪的发型
face tattooing, lip stretching and peculiar haircuts,
都是为了利用这个超自然存在的力量
all to harness the power of this otherworldly being.
也许最极端的身体修饰是缅♥甸♥的卡扬人
And perhaps the most extreme body modification of all is practiced by the Kayan people of Burma.
卡扬人中有一个传统 妇女在脖子上戴着这些螺旋形的黄铜圆环
There is a tradition amongst the Kayan people of the women wearing these spiraling brass rings in their neck.
他们一生都戴着这个
And they wear these throughout their life,
要花很多很多小时才能把这些圆环放到位
and it can take many, many hours to actually put these coils in place.
传说一条母龙开创了卡扬人的王朝
There is a tradition that this female dragon had begun the dynasty of the Kayan people,
他们这样做的原因是为了模仿这条龙
and that the reason they do this is to resemble this dragon.
在卡扬的基础神话中
In Kayan foundational mythology,
龙扮演着非常重要的角色
dragons play a very prominent role,
作为神的世界和人类世界之间的信使
that act as messengers between the world of the divine and the world of humans.
它们也是非常强大的魔法生物
They are very powerful, magical creatures as well,
它们与终极知识有关
and they're associated with ultimate knowledge.
有没有可能这种生物真的来自天空世界
Is it possible that this creature actually came from the sky world
并被认为对这些人造成影响
and was seen to be the influence behind the foundation of these people,
一个他们永远不会忘记的记忆?
a memory which they never forgot?
世界上是否存在这样一种文化 通过改变他们的肉体来延续外星人造访的古老传说?
Could it be that there are cultures around the world today keeping alive an ancient story of alien visitation by altering their flesh?
在现代世界中 身体修饰的增长趋势 是否有可能是由于对我们外星起源的根深蒂固的记忆?
And is it possible that the growing trend of body modification in the modern world is due to a deep-seated memory of our extraterrestrial origins?
也许通过研究古代世界最奇特的习俗之一:绑头 可以找到更多的线索
Perhaps further clues can be found by examining one of the most peculiar practices of the ancient world: head binding.
比亚查 玻利维亚
Viacha, Bolivia.
2018年11月
November 2018.
在神秘的普马彭谷古城以东的30英里处
Just 30 miles east of the mysterious ancient site of Puma Punku,
考古学家发现了有500年历史的古墓 这些古墓被认为是由前印加文明帕卡杰人建造的
archaeologists uncover 500-year-old tombs believed to have been built by a pre-Incan civilization called the Pacajes.
里面发现了100多具尸体
The remains of more than 100 people are discovered within,
许多头骨被发现有一种非常奇怪的样子
and a number of the skulls are found to have a very bizarre abnormality.
头骨看起来明显拉长了
They appear dramatically elongated.
据考古学家的说法
According to archaeologists,
这些标本显示了一种被称为“裹头”的身体修饰惯例的证据
these specimens display evidence of a body modification practice called head binding.
头部可以改变形状
The head can be changed in its shape.
一般来说 变细长
Generally, it's elongated.
这是在一个孩子六个月大到三岁的时候完成的
And this is done when a child is perhaps six months old through to the age of three.
他们的头绑起来
And their heads are bound up,
这推动头骨向上 形成这些奇怪的形状
and this pushes the skull upwards and creates these bizarre shapes.
只要凝视它们
Just by gazing upon them,
你不禁会想起外星人
you can't help think alien,
因为那才是他们真正的样子
because that's what they truly look like.
奇怪的是 这种身体修饰的极端形式在古代世界非常普遍
Curiously, this extreme form of body modification was widespread throughout the ancient world,
发生在几乎每一个大♥陆♥上 许多彼此没有联♥系♥的文化都有这个惯例
occurring on nearly every continent and practiced by many cultures that are believed to have had no contact with one another.
这是一个至少在过去一万年里一直在进行的过程 在世界各地都可以发现
This is a process that has been going on at least for the last 10,000 years and is found in every part of the world,
从太平洋岛屿到澳大利亚
from the Pacific islands to Australia,
从近东 到美洲
to the Near East, to the Americas.
最奇怪的是秘鲁的帕拉卡斯
And the strangest are those of Paracas in Peru.
在任何地方 我们都能发现同样的过程
Everywhere, we find this same process.
它似乎是在模仿那些原本就存在的长脑袋的人
It seems as if it was mimicking people who originally existed that had long heads in the first place.
在瓦努阿图 人类学家问那些直到20世纪60年代还在绑头的人
In Vanuatu, anthropologists asked the people who were still doing head binding up until the 1960s,
他们问那些人为什么这样做 他们说
and they asked them why they did that, and they said,
“这就是那些长着细长脑袋的神的样子 ”
"This is what the gods look like with these elongated heads."
如果这就是世界各地裹头的原因 那么这些神是谁呢?
And if that is the explanation for head binding around the world, then who are these gods?
他们显然是外星人 他们有一个自然拉长的头 这只是他们DNA的一部分
They're apparently extraterrestrials who have a naturally elongated head that's just part of their DNA,
人类想要看起来像他们
and humans want to look like them.
如果古代人类确实遇到了外星人 甚至可能与他们共存
If ancient people did encounter extraterrestrials and perhaps even coexisted with them,
是否有比纯粹得奉神和模仿更深刻的东西在起作用呢?
might there have been something more profound at play than mere deification and imitation?
一些古代宇航员理论家认为 事实上
Some ancient astronaut theorists believe that it may, in fact,
这种行为可能被编入人类DNA 使我们希望变得更像我们的外星祖先
be programmed into human DNA to want to become more like our alien ancestors.
古老的身体修饰和纹身的传统代表着惯例
And that ancient traditions of body modification and tattooing represent practice runs,
准备着有一天我们可以把自己变成外星人
preparing for the day when we could alter ourselves to actually become like the aliens.
温哥华 不列颠哥伦比亚省
Vancouver, British Columbia.
2019年8月13日
August 13, 2019.
古代宇航员理论家威廉•亨利 拜访自称是超人类主义者的拉斯•福克斯……
Ancient astronaut theorist William Henry visits self-described transhumanist Russ Foxx...
- 是的 他就在他的房♥间里 - 哦 谢谢
- Yeah, he's in his room right there. - Oh, thank you.
…去亲眼看看那些打算改变人类的技术
...to get a firsthand look at technology that proposes to transform the human race.
- 你好 威廉 - 嗨 你好吗?
Hi, William. Hi. How are you?
- 我是威廉 亨利 - 很高兴认识你
I'm William Henry. Pleasure to meet you.
- 很高兴见到你 请坐
Good to meet you. Grab a seat.
- 非常感谢 - 这是埃里克
-Thank you very much. -This is Eric.
- 嗨 埃里克 你好吗? - 嗨 很高兴认识你
- Hi, Eric. How are you? - Hi. Nice to meet you.
我也很高兴见到你
Pleasure to meet you as well.
在他2015年出版的书中
In his 2015 book,
《奇点将近》
"The Skingularity Is Near,"
威廉•亨利提出 人类的身体即将发生根本性的变化
William Henry proposed that humankind is reaching a point where the body will be radically transformed.
你来得正是时候… 埃里克今天要安装一个NFC芯片
Well, you came at a perfect time... Eric is going to have an NFC chip installed today.
太棒了
Fantastic.
我先给你洗一下手
I will begin by cleaning your hand.
他渴望调查这一切是如何开始发生的
He is eager to investigate how this is already beginning to happen.
拉斯准备给埃里克植入一个生物兼容的玻璃管…
Russ prepares to implant Eric with a biocompatible glass tube...
所以我们准备安装芯片
So we are ready to install the chip.
…含有NFC的微芯片
...containing an NFC microchip.
植入物本身是预先消毒的 然后装进注射器里 所以它会被注射到皮肤下面
So the implant itself was pre-sterilized and loaded into a syringe, so it will be literally injected under the skin.
你现在获得了一个芯片
You now have a chip.
NFC代表“近场通信”
NFC stands for "near-field communication,"
它还允许手♥机♥、平板电脑、笔记本电脑和其他设备 与配备了NFC的设备轻松共享数据
and it allows phones, tablets, laptops and other devices to easily share data with other NFC-equipped devices.
拉斯 你植入了什么技术?
So, Russ, what-what technologies have you got implanted?
我个人有许多不同的芯片在我的双手 以及磁性视觉植入
I personally have a number of different chips in both of my hands, as well as a magnetic vision implant,
两边都有射频识别和近场通信
an RFID and an NFC in either side
- 都有不同的目的 - 嗯
-with different purposes. -Mm-hmm.
这个NFC芯片有我所有的商业链接和网址
This NFC chip has all of my business links and web URLs.
这是一张内置的名片
And this is a built-in business card.
这样我就可以用你的手♥机♥扫描并发送我的联♥系♥方式
So I can actually scan it with your phone and give you my contact info.
就这样 它会显示我的联♥系♥方式
Just like that, and it brings up my contact info
- 然后保存在你的手♥机♥里 - 哇
- and saves it in your phone. - Wow.
看看这个 我收到了你的电♥话♥号♥码
Look at that. So I've got your phone number.
我有了你的联♥系♥方式
I've got your contact details.
所有这些东西
So, all of these things,
你可以用它来发动摩托车
you use it to start your motorcycle,
回到家…
get in your home...
我把钥匙换成了这些芯片
I replaced my keys with these chips,
这样的话 我就不用担心钥匙丢了或者被偷了
so that way, I don't have to deal with losing or having keys stolen.
这些芯片与我生活中的许多不同的设备相互作用
So these chips interact with a lot of different devices in my life.
我可以带你去我家 给你看一些东西
I could bring you to my house and show you some of them.
- 我很乐意 - 我们出发吧
- I'd love that. - Let's go for a trip.
- 对 - 好的
- Right on. - Okay.
人类与带着技术来到这里的外星生物 有着悠久的互动历史
Humanity has a long history of interaction with extraterrestrial beings who came here with technology.
人类一直试图模仿神或者试图长得像神
And humans have long tried to imitate or be like the gods.
所以我会用我的射频芯片唤醒摩托车
So I will wake up the bike with my RFID chip.
- 我把它引入传感器 - 好的
- I introduce it to the sensor. - Okay.
摩托车唤醒了
And the bike is awake.
- 太棒了 好吧 - 就像那样
- Awesome. Okay. - Just like that.
现在
And now today,
我们有超人类技术 我们在那里扩展物质身体
we have transhuman technology where we're augmenting the physical body
努力复♥制♥许多能力 我们把这些能力归功于古代的神
in an effort to duplicate many of the capacities that we attribute to the ancient gods.
所以要进入我家
So, to access my home,
- 我扫描我的芯片… - 啊
- I scan my chip... - Ah.
- …门开锁了 我们可以进入 - 非常棒
- ...and the door's unlocked. We can enter. - Very nice.
- 您先 - 谢谢
- After you. - Thank you.
我希望通过来到拉斯的家 看到未来是怎样的
What I'm hoping to see here by coming to Russ's home is to see the future.
拉斯会怎么做?
Where is Russ going to go with this?
他在自己家里能得到什么
What has he got access to in his own home,
这怎么改变他的呢?
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