Chariots of the gods?Erich von Däniken
Chariots of the gods?
by Erich von Däniken · first published 1971
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Chariots of the Gods? Unsolved Mysteries of the Past by: Erich von Däniken http://www.amazon.com/Chariots-Gods-Unsolved-Mysteries-Past/...
on “Ask HN: if you could only read one book, which would it be?” ↗…Sagan : I fell in love with science post-reading this book. 2. October Sky - Homer Hickham : A real life story of how a group of boys in a backwater town build a rocket that changes their lives. 3. Chariots of the Gods - Erich Von Daniken - A real mind bender, even if you choose not to agree with his ideas.
on “What are great books for boys?” ↗Yep! and rebar, According to: Chariots of The Gods by Erich von Däniken They had help from aliens too. A fabulous book by the way. I read it as a teenager in the early 70's.
on “Did the Great Pyramids' builders use concrete? (2008)” ↗…can. Take for example the pyramids: "the old Egyptians could never have build themselves, they must have gotten extraterrestrial help". This condescending view is also propagated by Von Daniken in his 'Chariots of the Gods' books.
on “Advanced Imaging Reveals a Computer 1,500 Years Ahead of Its Time” ↗>Wait, does anyone take this seriously? Unfortunately, people have been taking this stuff seriously since Erich Von Daniken published Chariots of the Gods in the late 60s, which is how, AFAIK, the ancient astronaut meme got started.
on ““Ancient Aliens”: The History Channel’s Assault on Truth” ↗Jeez I thought this hokum went out with the ark and Erich von Daniken's "Chariots of the Gods?" and "Return to the Stars" - which I fully admit to having read at around the age of 8-9 years old during a family camping holiday round Scotland (along with a healthy dose of Hitchcock's "Three Investigators"…
on ““Ancient Aliens”: The History Channel’s Assault on Truth” ↗Someone is going to be busy... Chariots of the Gods [1] The GMO Deception [2] How to End the Autism Epidemic [3] [1] https://www.amazon.com/Chariots-Gods-Erich-von-Daniken-ebook... [2] https://www.amazon.com/GMO-Deception-Corporations-Government... [3]…
on “Amazon refuses to sell book on Covid-19 and lockdowns” ↗…the conspiracies. Most people are at least somewhat intrigued by various conspiracy theories. This has long been the case. We had these things when I was a kid, for example. Erik von Daniken's book "Chariots of the Gods" was a bestseller. Art Bell's radio long running conspiracy/paranormal national radio programs were quite popular. I found some of it interesting. I read von Daniken's book. I regularly bought "Fate"…
on “How Do You Solve a Problem Like QAnon” ↗> Von Daniken in his 'Chariots of the Gods' It's a contender in the list of 'biggest pseudo scientific bs', runner up is the scientology junk.
on “Advanced Imaging Reveals a Computer 1,500 Years Ahead of Its Time” ↗"Erich von Däniken" The Nova debunking of Chariots of the Gods was epic, and a important lesson to me as a high school student not to take scientific sounding arguments at face value. Also, an important lesson in not underestimating human intelligence and creativity.…
on “Ray Kurzweil does not understand the brain” ↗Erik von Daniken had a field day with this in his "Chariots of the Gods" hoax back in the 70's.
on “The Baghdad Battery” ↗…had a copy of this on their shelves. I saw it cited in some of the text books as well so I grabbed a used copy to read. It's an interesting hypothesis, but seems roughly as valid as Erich von Däniken's Chariots of the Gods?, that is, not valid at all. Were there any validity to the claim at all, we should be able to find supporting evidence in, say, the brain function of lower primates. It ain't there.
on “How dice changed over 2k years to be more fair (2018)” ↗When I was about 10 or so I read the Erich von Däniken book Chariots of the Gods and was absolutely fascinated - eventually (and I don't know how) I came to understand that just because something is written in what seems to be a non-fiction book doesn't mean it's remotely true. Nearly…
on “Scientists put Jared Diamond's continental axis hypothesis to the test” ↗FYI, Erich von Däniken's book "Chariots of the Gods?" is racist pseudo-scientific claptrap. My Archaeoastronomy professor at the University of Maryland, John B. Carlson, despises it. It attributes the achievements of ancient non-European civilizations…
on “Hundreds More Nazca Lines Emerge in Peru's Desert” ↗its OK they have already been here millions of years ago. Chariots of the gods - unsolved mysteries of the past - Erich von Daniken (1968-1999, Berkley Trade) The main thesis of Chariots of the Gods is that extraterrestrial beings influenced ancient technology. Von Däniken suggests…
on “How airports could help aliens spot Earth” ↗