Haven't read him, but I had always assumed he was a guy who had found a
grift and was milking it. So he actually believed this stuff?
I suspect that EvD was more interested in the income from the
books than the contents thereof.
|Young woman: Not the Bermuda Triangle either? Surely you're
|not going to deny that . . .
Christian Weisgerber wrote:
RIP, Erich von D?niken (1935-2026), Swiss writer who became anI believe that SF writers got there first. But in those stories the
international bestselling author by opportunistically writing about
fringe and pseudoscience topics. He popularized the idea that early
human cultures were visited by extraterrestrials who helped build
monumental works and became revered as gods; a concept that was
picked up numerous times by science fiction writers.
aliens were more clever, passing on information rather than building
useless objects.
Still, given how stupid we are, perhaps aliens would also be dumb enough
to think:
"We need to help these poor people! Gimme three pyramids, stat!"
I believe that SF writers got there first. But in those stories the
aliens were more clever, passing on information rather than building
useless objects.
Still, given how stupid we are, perhaps aliens would also be dumb enough
to think:
"We need to help these poor people! Gimme three pyramids, stat!"
Haven't read him either.
Only came across all this stuff (besides flatmate in the 90s saying Daeniken spouted nonsense) after a Terraria update spoiler image with
crazy hair guy, text saying "I'm not saying it's aliens, but... It's Aliens!" (The Terraria update featured marsian invasions.)
When I then noticed crazy hair guy in some "documentary" I got
interested and watched that. (It's fascinating how I like watching that stupid show, and keep telling the people in it that they need to buy a brain. Yet, I keep watching it. Guess it has nice pictures. :) )
I am pretty certain that crazy hair dude at least doesn't really believe any of it.
s|b wrote:
You can't deny he saw things in a different perspective.
Ahem. There's at least one case where he photographed, for one of his
books, some graphics carved into stone in a cave in some South
American mountain from a perspective that was impossible to view
with your eyes if you stood there. Must have used some crane construction
to hold the camera. Impossible to falsify if you didn't travel there yourself to view the original.
Turned by 90 degrees(iirc), you might interpret it as an astronaut
inside a flying machine. Viewed normally, it was some guy with
decorative clothing crouching.
Ask me 50 years ago if you want details.
So you're very right, he viewed things, deliberately, from a different perspective.
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