Talk:Thor Heyerdahl
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Why is Heyerdahl identified as an anthropoloigst, rather than as a geographer? What did he receive his PhD. in? In what academic departments has he worked? SR
- See the new external link I just posted. It doesn't appear that he's ever received a PhD, at least none is listed, but he's received awards from, published and lectured in the fields of archeology, geography, anthropology. One bio I just read said he studied zoology for a time before he apparently dropped out to pursue his own research. I think he was part of the first team to do an archaelogical dig on Easter Island as well. Wesley
- I removed the PhD, as I could find no mention of it in other sources. -- Gustavf 16:57, 2004 Mar 2 (UTC)
No mention of his wives?
Does anyone know any information about Thor's wives? The article seems me rather incomplete without their existence even being mentioned... TShilo12 08:20, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Heyerdahl had a great talent for selling his crackpot ideas to the gullible.
Nothing he ever wrote qualifies as science, and every idea he ever propagated was wrong.
Very revealing is the fact that he posed as being educated at the University of Oslo, and even flaunted a doctorate. but in fact he never passed any examination at all.
In short: Heyerdahl was a talented swindler and charlatan, and little else.
vinbygg1
Every anthropologist he talked to discounted his theories based on the now demonstrably false proposition that a raft could not navigate the Pacific. If he hadn't actually _done_ it, it's quite likely that people would still be arguing about it today. He wasn't the greatest scientist, but in many ways he was something better.
- Absolutely.--Wiglaf 20:42, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
merge
I removed the "merge" tag from the article, because I couldn't tell what it was referring to. If anyone knows, please return it. Joyous 21:01, Apr 23, 2005 (UTC)
