I know we've all heard the arguements about Chariots of the Gods (At this point I'd lean more toward Chariots of the Gullable).<br />I tend to ask the question why. Why is that so? Its a powerful question and one that irritates the true believer. You should believe because we say you should believe!<br /><br />But I have a currious mind and I like this little question. Why?<br />I've found indepent and objective investigation a powerful tool despite how some people get their panties in a twist over having their pet theory or belief questioned. <br /><br />So it was an idle Star Frontiers day on the web without much in the way of fresh game post or forum content and I took a Sunday Drive down the information super highway just to enjoy the view. <br /><br />next thing i know I'm on Google Earth looking for the Nazca Line.<br />The quote unquote super massive prehistoric pictoglyphs carved into a South american plateau that are "so huge that no human could have laid out art like that" ie alien in origin and they must have been created by man to communicate with aliens looking down from space.<br />If I sound sarcastic its because I've listened to or read a number of arguements that ascerted that they are evidence of prehistoric humans communication with the aliens that visited them. <br /><br />Funny thing you cant see them from space and have to zoom way in to see them. Even then they're tough to make out- sure there's been damage done by modern man but in light of what i saw on Google earth I'm quite skeptical about the alien angle. Its far more likely that the lines were a religious/ceremonial endeavor designed to communicate with the gods not with aliens.<br /><br />NOTE: I still find them a great bit of inspiration for writing SF adventures and the idea that there could be an alien angle is a fun idea, I'm just not buying it. <img src="/files/u4436/nazca_lines.jpg" width="672" height="596" />
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