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14. Loved Dniken's stuff as a kid, but then I grew up ...

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 12:43 PM

13 hrs ago

... today we have politicians and influencers making a good living on still believing fairy tales like his.

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Erich... Clouds Passing 14 hrs ago #1

RIP to an explorer of possibilities. JustinBulletin 14 hrs ago #2

Alternative "facts" wolfie001 13 hrs ago #11

+1000 paleotn 14 hrs ago #5

Basically the whole premise of the Joe Rogaine Show wolfie001 13 hrs ago #10

Fascinating OC375 14 hrs ago #4

Lazy science? Oh! You mean science based on actual evidence. paleotn 14 hrs ago #6

THIS wolfie001 13 hrs ago #9

Nope OC375 12 hrs ago #17

I read that book many years ago Bayard 13 hrs ago #7

Pseudoarcheology with probably white supremacist views wolfie001 13 hrs ago #8

"Pseudoarcheology with probably white supremacist views" LudwigPastorius 10 hrs ago #22

They always fantasize about a lily-white society wolfie001 6 hrs ago #24

I've yet to see anything convincing in regards to aliens wolfie001 13 hrs ago #13

Loved Dniken's stuff as a kid, but then I grew up ... TomWilm 13 hrs ago #14

"Brown people are dumb" dalton99a 13 hrs ago #15

Yep nt wolfie001 6 hrs ago #25

Same assholes that went to Turkey looking for Noah's Ark wolfie001 6 hrs ago #26

Racist grifter. IrishAfricanAmerican 10 hrs ago #18

... trusty elf 10 hrs ago #19

Smokin' a Newport and teaching whitey how to Rock & Roll wolfie001 6 hrs ago #27

Science Fiction bmichaelh 10 hrs ago #20

Dude was a con man his whole life. LudwigPastorius 10 hrs ago #21

I was into 'Heavy Metal', the magazine wolfie001 6 hrs ago #28

Jailed for stealing from the Swiss Boy Scouts.... Mustellus 8 hrs ago #23

My god wolfie001 6 hrs ago #29

May he rest in piss sakabatou 6 hrs ago #30

This kind of thing tends to give street cred to conspiracy theories.. ananda 5 hrs ago #31