How Stupid Are You? A Quick Test. . .

January 26, 2009

ancient_astro

Can you explain how a 20th Century Astronaut came to be carved by a 12th Century stonemason on a cathedral in Salamanca, Spain?

Pretty incredible mystery, huh?  Proof of  Chariots of the Gods?-style ancient alien visitations, isn’t it?  So, can you explain it any other way, huh? Can ya, punk?

Give up? You can’t, because the premise is false.

The carving pictured was done not in 1102 but rather commissioned in 1992 by Jeronimo Garcia, chief of the restoration of the Cathedral of Salamanca, who specifically chose an astronaut as a symbol of the 20th Century.

For the complete story, go to Snopes.com here. And don’t believe every ‘mystery’ that circulates on the World Wide InterWebs. . .

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2 Responses to “How Stupid Are You? A Quick Test. . .”

  1. americanconfuciusNo Gravatar on September 1st, 2010 1:29 pm

    I believe this argument you pose is a strawman….

    You should address the real argument, not one that is easily debunked.

    There does in fact exist images, such as these, of artifacts and historical sites that elude easy explanation:

    http://www.ufoarea.com/pictures/ancientastronauts.jpg
    http://www.nephilimskulls.com/Articles.asp?ID=149

  2. adminNo Gravatar on September 2nd, 2010 7:27 pm

    Dear AmericanConfucious,

    Your response is an argument from ignorance. Because you cannot explain the cherry-picked images you site as evidence of alleged ancient astronauts, does not make your case. Trained anthropologists and archeologists can easily explain all these. See this link for more http://www.skepdic.com/vondanik.html

    As for Erich von Däniken, author of “Chariots of the Gods? Unsolved Mysteries of the Past”, instead of a background in archeology he has an extensive criminal record (from his Wikipedia entry):

    “Däniken’s run-ins with the law started at an early age. In the 1960s, while working in hotels and restaurants across Switzerland, he was convicted of fraud, serving a prison sentence for defrauding his boss at one hotel. In 1967, soon after Chariots of the Gods? was published he was arrested and charged by Interpol with fraud and tax evasion for non-payment of GB£7,000. During the investigation, authorities uncovered a large personal debt totaling about GB£350,000. Däniken was found guilty of embezzlement, and served more than three years in Swiss prisons.”

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