what happened to Eric Von Daniken's theory ?

Question

I wonder whether the scientific community already disapproved all of Daniken's claims - with proper proffs and logics.
I would like to get updated on Daniken's theory as well as Daniken society and Daniken himself.

Answer 1

Erich Von Däniken is a self-admitted phony as far as his outlandish theories and 'evidence' are concerned.

When challenged about bogus manufactured evidence, he said that his deception was justified because some people would only believe if they saw 'proof'. The ancient Catholic church even used exactly the same excuse in the name of God to justify the manufacture of phony religious relics that some religious sheeple still worship today.

Von Däniken even admitted on US national TV (on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show several years ago) that he made up and exaggerated things just to sell more books to gullible people. He simply profited from the ignorance that typifies the new age (Night of the Living Brain Dead) idiocy.

Nothing he says can be taken seriously.

I cannot possibly believe that ancient primitive people, who couldn't even explain why the sun rises and sets and believed that evil spirits caused diseases and angry gods caused eclipses, volcano eruptions and other natural disasters, possessed some vast, magnificent cosmic knowledge of the universe that eludes all the modern scientists of today.

Not being able to explain something does not justify assuming space aliens or their related technology build the pyramids of Egypt and other such nonsense.

His books are pure entertainment for foolish people who would rather read fairy tales than real science books.

Perhaps you should read this.
http://www.debunker.com/texts/vondanik.html


"Where is the proof for von Däniken's claims? Some of it was fraudulent. For example, he produced photographs of pottery that he claimed had been found in an archaeological dig. The pottery depicts flying saucers and was said to have been dated from Biblical times. However, investigators from Nova (the fine public-television science program) found the potter who had made the allegedly ancient pots. They confronted von Däniken with evidence of his fraud. His reply was that his deception was justified because some people would only believe if they saw proof ("The Case of the Ancient Astronauts," first aired 3/8/78, done in conjunction with BBC's Horizon and Peter Spry-Leverton)!"

Quoted from:
http://www.ufoevidence.org/documents/doc131.htm

Since he is a proven and admitted fraud, I've had enough of him.

Bogus science is far more profitable than the real thing.

Sex sells - stupidity sells even more.

With his well documented record of fraud and pseudoscience, I wouldn't trust the time of day coming from him. He gives science a bad name.

Anyone can make up wild unprovable theories which they perfectly well know cannot be disproven, but since he's making the claims, the burden of proof is on him, not scientists to disprove him. That's not their job and his 'evidence' just does not make the grade.
 

Answer 2

Yes scientists have disproved Daniken's construction claims. There is a book called "The Space Gods revealed" by Ronald Story that has the full information on the "proofs" of alien visitation that von Daniken skimmed over.

Highlights of the book are:
- a visit to the South American tunnels that don't look like what von Daniken described and details of the court case around von Daniken's visit.
- the complete picture of the Aztec corn god that was described as a spaceman and
- the Egyptian and Easter Island records and re-construction of the pyramids and the Easter Island heads.
- a withering commentry on von Daniken's writing style and use of rhetorical questions to get false ideas across

Von Daniken is building a theme park in Switzerland - home of the cuckoo clock.

Answer 3

Von Daniken can not be disproved. His theories are far-fetched but they stand til today. How do you disprove alien influence?

Currently von Däniken is a prominent member of the Archaeology, Astronautics and SETI Research Association (AAS RA), of which he is a co-founder. He has developed a theme park called Mystery Park, based in Interlaken, Switzerland. It opened May 23, 2003. A new science fiction television series based upon his books is under production.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniken

Answer 4

Try reading "Forbidden Archeology". It makes a convincing argument that mankind has been on the Earth is a sophisticated culture for much longer than is currently accepted. The book go on and on about chipped pebbles, but eventually you'll get into more interesting and generally discounted things. Discounted by the established archeology community. They tend to shrug and look the other way when someone finds a metal nail in a piece of coal or anatomically modern human footprints in volcanic ash that is 3 million years old. It is such a contrast to astronomy. When atronomers find something that they cannot explain they will catagorize it and get back to it. Recent finds have forced them to rewrite many of their old established ideas. When archeologists find something that could shake up all their theories, they hide it. Very dogmatic. I wonder when they will build a church to spread their dogma since they already have the answers they want and are only looking for things that support them.
I've got some reservations about Donikan though. He seems to think anything and everything that he doesn't understand has to do with non-Terran contact. Does he even understand that many ancient cultures have had shamanistic practices that could be misrepresented by those who don't understand what was being done? Does he think that mankind can not accomplish anything complex or amasing by himself? Has he such little faith in humankind? Did every megolithic monument builder require someone to do everything for him? I read one of his most recent books, which was about the lines at Nazca. That's the most recent that I have heard about him.

Answer 5

I don't know if the scientific community disapproved his theories as much as I think they discredited him due to his past activities...

You want an update on Daniken's theories? Do a Google search or check with Wikipedia!

Answer 6

Disproven. His books were meant more to make you think, to stimulate the imagination, but all of his theories have been successfully refuted.

Answer 7

No one has disproved him yet, if someone can, they need to