"Bargaining Chip": Antedating & Mystery

[James McIntosh]

At 10:58 AM 8/14/02 -0400, you wrote:

>>Don't astronomers have to deal with astrologists?
>Absolutely, not to mention the von Daniken crowd.
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Von Daniken himself should have no followers, ever since he was interviewed
on public record as admitting that he embellished his tales with total
fiction to improve his book sales.

Unfortunately, similar crackpots or frauds pop up in an unending series.