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"Scholars Will Call It Nonsense": The Structure of von Däniken's Argument (1987)(penn.museum)
50 points by Kaibeezy 5 hours ago | 6 comments
Lukas_Skywalker 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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

dang an hour ago | parent [-]

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.

foobar1962 37 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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.

teew 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Article is (1987) btw

dang 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Added. Thanks!

Kaibeezy 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Aye, thx. Meant to.

I’ll try to confirm the actual original source, you know, just for the article.