erich von daniken had expressed an opinion that a nuclear war had taken place in the past.waddayafink?

This post has been edited by macdaddy: Apr 5 2008, 04:05 AM

macdaddy.....when I was a teenager in the 1970s, I was fascinated by van danikens theories.

However since that time I have recieved a degree in earth sciences and have training in radiation and various other environmental disciplines that I now do not believe there is evidence to convince me that an nuclear war occurred in the past.

Well, we know at least that the Muslims knew about "atomic technology" thousands of years ago. That is to say, they knew that:
"if one where able to split the atom, power strong enough to wipe out an entire country would be unleashed"

Can't remember the exact quote, but it was something along those lines.

Thule posts: Well, we know at least that the Muslims knew about "atomic technology" thousands of years ago.
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Thule… The ‘Muslims’ were not even around ‘thousands of years ago‘.. Ya know? Islam started in the 7th century AD.. About 1400 years ago.. ~rore

Yeah, that's stretching it.

But "the muslims" did play a large part in coming up with a lot of science.

Whoops, was supposed to say "hundreds" thanks for pointing that out.

Swiss author Erich Von Däniken confessed during a 1978 PBS Nova television program, that some of his claims, conversations, and research did not take place at all; he simply invented material through what he termed writer's license.

Moreover, his calculations are wrong, his facts are misquoted or fabricated.