'Madman Comes Up With BS Theory' Would Have Been Less Compelling

Headline: "Is Ancient History Completely Made Up By 'The Man'?"

Short answer: No.

Slightly longer answer: Nevertheless, some of the problems he raises are interesting, even though his conclusions are barking mad.

6 comments:

Assistant Village Idiot said...

When I get that damned time machine working again I'll let you know.

If you believe my reports, that is.

douglas said...

It's too bad Kasparov is an adherent. He's been courageous in standing against Putin in the past.

jaed said...

"I refute it thus!" <waving genealogy records>

Korora said...

So Kasparov is doing the intellectual equivalent of, in the Grob opening (1 g4), following 1 ...e5 with 2 f4?? (For those not in the know, Black will follow that with 2 ...Qh4 mate)

Well, he's not the first tragic chess grandmaster.

Texan99 said...

Wasn't there something about that in The Da Vinci Code?

Eric Blair said...

Outside of this guy, I know that there is a debate of sorts about 'the chronology' of Western civilization somewhere it apparently could be off by as much as 1000 years depending on what pharoah list you're using.