Do you support Erich van Daniken's "Chariots of the Gods" theory?

Question

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Answer 1

I don't agree with most of his reasoning. His 'proof' is far from proof. However, as conjectures, his ideas are very interesting, and generally impossible to rule out. There are plenty of phenomena from the ancient world we don't at all understand. Some would seem to require technology we only recently acquired, or don't have at all. We simply have no way to rule out contact from another civilization.

Answer 2

Eric von Takemin has no credibility. As far as I am concerned he lost it when he was writing about the Easter Island statues. He cited a book called Aku Aku by Thor Heyerdahl for something, and went on to say that no one had worked out how to move the statues. Unfortunately, Heyerdahl spent the last chapter of his book describing an experiment where he did exactly what Takemin said had not been worked out.

A complete charlatan.

Answer 3

I absolutely believe him and support what he says. He is a iconic legend who should be appreciated more. I would love to take a class with him as my professor. Writing papers for Erich van Daniken would extremely be beneficial to me and others in this world today.

Answer 4

I read that book a long ago and it was certainly interesting reading. I read his other book "Gods from Outer Space" also. I can't say that I agree with all the things he writes, but in general I will say he is to be taken seriously.

Answer 5

I have to admit it is attractive. However, He uses selective examples in his support. This is not the proper way to advance a theory. Nota bene - The evidence against is not spectacular.