The Truth Behind: Atlantis (2011 TV Movie) User Reviews

The Truth Behind The Truth Behind

[writetopcat · 2/10 · 11 February 2018]

This show examines a few archaelogical sites, some underwater such as The Bimini Road, and examines a selection of the theories regarding the story of Atlantis, the 'lost city' written about by Plato. At the very end we are told essentiall "Plato made it all up. It was a story to warn people against being greedy." The Bimini Road, we are told, is nothing more than a natural collection of beach stones, not man made, covered by rising waters. To support this theory we are shown a few sections of beach stone, some triangular, some with irregular, somewhat rectangular shape, on a section of beach measuring a few meters long. But if you are familiar with the stones of The Bimini Road, if you have seen photographs of the Bimini Road stones, you are aware that some of these stones could not have occurred naturally as they form distinctly rectangular shapes, with straight edges and 90 degree corners. Such stones have certainly been hewn by human hands. Nowhere in nature do we find such shaped stones. Rectangular blocks with straight edges and 90 degree corners must be hewn by humans. These photographs were not included in this "documentary", presumably because they would not support the conclusion that the Bimini Road is simply a collection of naturally occurring beach rock. Given the biased selection of photographic evidence for the Bimini Road presented by this show, i.e. the exclusion of photographs which do not support the suggested explanation for this structure, one wonders whether the same selection bias was used when examining the theories and evidence for the truth behind the story of Atlantis. The conclusion suggested at the end of the show is that Plato made up the story of Atlantis to teach people not to be greedy or it will lead to their ruin. I got the impression they created this documentary to support that conclusion, rather than to consider all theories and evidence on merit. That is not good science: you don't leave out the data which fails to support your desired result or pet theory if you are really doing science. So I gave this show only 2 stars.