My dad was an amateur archeologist. He loved to visit the sites all through Central and South America (he had an industrial machinery exporting business at that time). He brought back nice replicas of Inca and Maya and Aztec artifacts and stuff. Then VanDanikens book came out, I bought it and liked it, cuz I was 13, see? I showed it to my dad, he read it in his study with the door closed and I could hear him laughing out loud a few times...which, since I knew he knew his shit pretty damn well, made me re-think things, even though he never criticized the book in any sarcastic way (so as not to dampen my interest in science....even if that meant to let me go through my phase with the pseudo, I guess).
Probably the best thing he said to me about it was something like; "Maybe we don't yet have all the details figured out yet, but realize something; just because we have high tech now, and advanced theoretical thinking, does not mean that ancient people were incapable of great feats of intelligence and inspiration. It insults us as a species to say that the pyramids and temples were beyond the capabilities of the people who did in fact build them. It cheapens and ignores the huge effort, the workers' tragic accidental deaths, the tremendous dedication they had to complete such magnificent monuments. They were building for their gods - it was their way of worship."
Also, did you guys maybe go directly to youtube to watch? I did, for the larger video frame, and holey phuck! There are a slew of crazy Ancient Alien "fundies" posting shitdribble in the comments. We could mainpage these things!
