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A comment on "Scholars Will Call It Nonsense": The Structure of von Däniken's Argument (1987). Parent comment

Re:"Scholars Will Call It Nonsense": The Structure of von Dä... by dhosek on Sunday January 11, 2026 @04:41PM (#46580458)
Yesterday, my daughter asked me if it was “a round earth day or a flat earth day” thanks to my habit of providing outlandish explanations for things, often contradicting myself in the course of a single conversation in the process (they’ve come to enjoy trying to poke holes in some absurd explanation I’ve come up with).
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Re:"Scholars Will Call It Nonsense": The Structure of von Dä... by chihuahua on Monday January 12, 2026 @01:23AM (#46584768)
That seems like a good game to play with your children. If it teaches them to regard any dubious statement skeptically and use critical thinking to figure out how likely it is to be true, that's a valuable life skill.
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