I think it’s more the original theory than the show itself. They just perpetuate it. As far as I remember, the original alien theories directly descended from conspiracy theories that Germanic people must have actually built wonders of ‘primitive’ people. They just subbed aliens for Germanic people.
As for alien contact, why would a super advanced civilization interact at all? We’d be a similar cognitive level as ants comparatively. They’d just strip mine the planet or drain the whole oceans or whatever they wanted. Why would their contact be so tiny and limited to only things that are better explaned by similar cultural developments wanting monumental structures to demonstrate power that can be easily built.
I think it’s more the original theory than the show itself. They just perpetuate it. As far as I remember, the original alien theories directly descended from conspiracy theories that Germanic people must have actually built wonders of ‘primitive’ people. They just subbed aliens for Germanic people.
As for alien contact, why would a super advanced civilization interact at all? We’d be a similar cognitive level as ants comparatively. They’d just strip mine the planet or drain the whole oceans or whatever they wanted. Why would their contact be so tiny and limited to only things that are better explaned by similar cultural developments wanting monumental structures to demonstrate power that can be easily built.