Ancient Aliens The Genius Factor (Season 9, Episode 4)
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TV Episode | 43 min | Fantasy, History, Sci-Fi

Ancient Aliens

The Genius Factor (Season 9, Episode 4)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 43 min | Fantasy, History, Sci-Fi

Throughout history, many of the world's greatest thinkers have helped push civilization forward with their profound insights and extraordinary abilities. But the majority of these master minds say their brilliance comes from a place they ...See moreThroughout history, many of the world's greatest thinkers have helped push civilization forward with their profound insights and extraordinary abilities. But the majority of these master minds say their brilliance comes from a place they don't understand-and arrives at times they're not expecting it. In antiquity, people in nearly every culture around the world believed they did not possess genius, but that genius possessed them, like a spirit. Could it be that the forces of inspiration that the ancients attributed to the gods really did emanate from an otherworldly source, as Ancient Astronaut theorists suggest? Whether it's Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, Edison's light bulb, or Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleyev's Periodic Table of Elements, geniuses routinely say their best ideas come from dreams, visions, or hallucinated voices. Is it possible that genius is more than just the product of good genetics? Written by Frank de Jong See less

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34 cast members

Name	Known for
Scott Barry Kaufman Self - Author, Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined Self - Author, Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined See fewer	30, 000 Days (2017)
Heather Berlin Self - Prof. of Neuroscience, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine (as Heather Berlin Ph.D.) Self - Prof. of Neuroscience, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine (as Heather Berlin Ph.D.) See fewer	The Human Brain: What We Know (and What We Don't) (2021)
Kirsten Fisher Self - Associate Professor of Biology, Cal State Los Angeles (as Kirsten Fisher Ph.D.) Self - Associate Professor of Biology, Cal State Los Angeles (as Kirsten Fisher Ph.D.) See fewer	Ancient Aliens (2009)
Diane Powell Self - Author, The ESP Enigma (as Diane Hennacy Powell) Self - Author, The ESP Enigma (as Diane Hennacy Powell) See fewer	Ancient Aliens (2009)
David Childress Self - Author: Technology of the Gods Self - Author: Technology of the Gods See fewer	The Reset
Giorgio A. Tsoukalos Self - Publisher, Legendary Times Magazine Self - Publisher, Legendary Times Magazine See fewer	Ancient Aliens: Special Presentation (2022)
David Wilcock Self - Author, The Synchronicity Key Self - Author, The Synchronicity Key See fewer	The Recall (2017)
Brian J. McVeigh Self - Anthropologist Self - Anthropologist See fewer	Ancient Aliens (2009)
Jonathan Young Self - Founding Curator, Joseph Campbell Archives (as Jonathan Young Ph.D.) Self - Founding Curator, Joseph Campbell Archives (as Jonathan Young Ph.D.) See fewer	Ancient Aliens (2009)
Robert R. Cargill Self - Professor of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Iowa (as Robert Cargill Ph.D.) Self - Professor of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Iowa (as Robert Cargill Ph.D.) See fewer	Ancient Qumran: A Virtual Reality Tour (2007)
Sabina Magliocco Self - Folklorist, California State Univ., Northridge (as Sabina Magliocco Ph.D.) Self - Folklorist, California State Univ., Northridge (as Sabina Magliocco Ph.D.) See fewer	Oss Tales (2007)
William Henry Self - Author / Investigative Mythologist Self - Author / Investigative Mythologist See fewer	Ancient Aliens (2009)
Michael Dennin Self - Prof. of Physics and Astronomy, U.C. Irvine (as Michael Dennin Ph.D.) Self - Prof. of Physics and Astronomy, U.C. Irvine (as Michael Dennin Ph.D.) See fewer	Hangar 1: The UFO Files (2014)
Deepak Shimkhada Self - Professor of Hindu Studies, Claremont Lincoln University (as Deepak Shimkhada Ph.D.) Self - Professor of Hindu Studies, Claremont Lincoln University (as Deepak Shimkhada Ph.D.) See fewer	Ancient Aliens (2009)
Rex Jung Self - Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico (as Dr Rex Jung) Self - Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico (as Dr Rex Jung) See fewer	Ancient Aliens (2009)
Gregory Beirich Self - Lecturer of History, Cal State Long Beach (as Gregory Beirich Ph.D.) Self - Lecturer of History, Cal State Long Beach (as Gregory Beirich Ph.D.) See fewer	Ancient Aliens (2009)
Robert H. Frisbee Self - Former NASA Scientist (as Robert Frisbee Ph.D.) Self - Former NASA Scientist (as Robert Frisbee Ph.D.) See fewer	Ancient Aliens (2009)
Simon Allix Self: Narrator Self: Narrator See fewer	Outside the Wire (2021)
Derek Amato Self - Became Musical Savant after Head Injury (archive footage) Self - Became Musical Savant after Head Injury (archive footage) See fewer	Ingenious Minds (2010)
Alexander Graham Bell Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Selig-Tribune, No. 24 (1916)
Robert Clotworthy Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Red Notice (2021)
Charles Darwin Self - Author, The Origin of Species (archive footage) Self - Author, The Origin of Species (archive footage) See fewer
Albert Einstein Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Schooling the World (2010)
Elisha Gray Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Steve Jobs Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Toy Story (1995)
August Kekulé Self - Organic Chemist (archive footage) Self - Organic Chemist (archive footage) See fewer
Dmitri Mendeleev Self - Chemist (archive footage) Self - Chemist (archive footage) See fewer	Diaries of the traveler (2024)
William Ogburn Self -Sociologist (archive footage) Self -Sociologist (archive footage) See fewer
Jason Padgett Self - Became Math Genius after Head Injury (archive footage) Self - Became Math Genius after Head Injury (archive footage) See fewer	Struck by Genius
Srinivasa Ramanujan Self - Mathematician (archive footage) Self - Mathematician (archive footage) See fewer
Jon Sarkin Self - Became Accomplished Artist after a Stroke (archive footage) Self - Became Accomplished Artist after a Stroke (archive footage) See fewer	Ingenious Minds (2010)
Daniel Tammet Self - Became Math and Linguistics Genius After Epileptic Seizures (archive footage) Self - Became Math and Linguistics Genius After Epileptic Seizures (archive footage) See fewer	The Universe and Me (2017)
Dorothy Thomas Self -Sociologist (archive footage) Self -Sociologist (archive footage) See fewer
Alfred Russel Wallace Self - Anthropologist (archive footage) Self - Anthropologist (archive footage) See fewer