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Originally Posted by HarryT
Moreover, I actually find the idea that our ancestors were incapable of large-scale engineering projects without the assistance of "aliens" to be somewhat offensive. Their achievements were even more astounding when you consider that it was all done without the aid of sophisticated machines.
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Hear, hear.
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Originally Posted by Hamlet53
I always thought von Daniken's books were suited to questioning and gullible teenagers.
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You don't have to be a teenager to be questioning and gullible! Plenty of adults bought the books, and bought into the explanations, too... as I said, the "legs" of the movement had more to do with human psychology than the theories themselves. People generally need something to believe in, on a psychological level, and CotG offered one more possibility that lots of people were willing to accept.