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

60 points by Kaibeezy 6mo ago ↗ HN

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teew 6mo ago ↗

Article is (1987) btw

For context: Erich von Däniken died on January 10, 2026 at the age of 90 years: https://x.com/vonDaeniken/status/2010314306894828023

dang 6mo ago ↗

Ah, thanks! I had missed that. Let's move the thread to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46578867, which has that info. I'll put your twitter link in the toptext too.

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.