Review of Aftermath: Population Zero (2008) by Stephen J — 08 Apr 2016

I expected more from the National Geographic Channel. It's a repetitive, speculative, and accepts some theories as facts. Pitting humanity against nature (guess who wins), the documentary's greatest accomplishment is its implicit integration of the teleological argument: a new, higher order species would have to recognize the intelligent design of the remaining structures created by humans.

One would look at the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower and wonder, "Who created such structures?" However, NGC ignores evolutionary arguments (and hence, there are no higher order species like humans) when inconvenient and includes it when it is convenient.

Ultimately, they would like us to believe that people are bad for the earth and nature would work against any other type of evolution except for what makes for an interesting, environmentalist documentary.