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"Scholars Will Call It Nonsense": The Structure of von Däniken's Argument (1987)

• teew 9mo ago
  Article is (1987) btw
  • dang 9mo ago
    Added. Thanks!
    • Kaibeezy 9mo ago
      Aye, thx. Meant to. I’ll try to confirm the actual original source, you know, just for the article.
• Lukas_Skywalker 9mo ago
  For context: Erich von Däniken died on January 10, 2026 at the age of 90 years: https://x.com/vonDaeniken/status/2010314306894828023 https://x.com/vonDaeniken/status/2010314306894828023
  • dang 9mo ago
    Ah, thanks! I had missed that. Let's move the thread to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46578867 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46578867, which has that info. I'll put your twitter link in the toptext too.
• foobar1962 9mo ago
  The gottcha moment in the article was when the questioner's name was revealed as PLAYBOY. Myth Busted: Some people really did only buy it for the articles.