RIP Erich von Däniken

[2muchcoffeeman]

I thought he had already been swept up by the Chariots of the Gods.

He was 90.

'Chariots of the Gods' author Erich von Däniken dies at 90

For more details, watch this week's episode of In Search Of.

 

[waterytart]

I remember watching the Nazca lines episode many decades ago and thinking there was no way they could have been made without technological help. I have much more respect now for what people could accomplish centuries ago, and I still think the Nazca lines are fascinating.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Can't be that hard to build a pyramid as big as you want, as long as you have enough labor (animal or paid/slave humans in B.C., or modern machinery). The base square footage is a largely limiting factor.

 

[maumann2]

I can't remember the name of the movie but my brother and I went to see some pseudoscientific flick in the late 1970s that supposedly explained all these "coincidences." We came out even more skeptical about the alleged connections. Sorry, but adding mumbo-jumbo to a shaky thesis doesn't make it any less wrong.

Given that a large portion of people believe we never set foot on the Moon in 1969, there's always a willing subset of science deniers who would rather get conned by a Van Daniken than actually paid attention in school.

 

[Gym Beam]

I can't remember the name of the movie but my brother and I went to see some pseudoscientific flick in the late 1970s that supposedly explained all these "coincidences." We came out even more skeptical about the alleged connections. Sorry, but adding mumbo-jumbo to a shaky thesis doesn't make it any less wrong.

Given that a large portion of people believe we never set foot on the Moon in 1969, there's always a willing subset of science deniers who would rather get conned by a Van Daniken than actually paid attention in school.

Can I introduce to you my neighbors on Nextdoor who are neck-deep in contrail conspiracism?