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INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

this is not a new idea. The likes of Von Daniken came up with ideas like that in the 60s and 70s. As usual the science TM first ridiculed them, like Wegener's theory of drifting continents, then 'found' it and made it their own. And then they wonder why we don't believe them anymore

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A personal theory is that many appeals to a higher power simply demonstrate lack of imagination. Creationists arguing for a creator because they can't imagine eyeballs evolving, or postulating aliens building pyramids, are two favorite examples.

Thor Heyerdahl enlisted native Easter islanders to show how the moai statues could be hacked out of lava using stone tools, moved by rolling on logs (before all the Island's trees were cut down), and raised by gradually levering and piling stones underneath. No matter what you might think of Heyerdahl, this exercise did demonstrate that normal people with simple technology could accomplish these tasks.

Ancient peoples were capable of much more than we like to give them credit for. Just look at the Nazca Plain designs, ancient Incan stonework, and the Mayan calendar.

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