[Vigilant1]

When other anthropologists mired in the conventional wisdom sneered at Hyerdahl's theories as impossible, Thor put his life on the line and went out and conclusively proved that what he claimed could, in fact, have been done with ancient technology by simply doing it himself.

Bon voyage, Thor, we'll miss you.

[backhoe]

Bon voyage, Thor, we'll miss you.

Thank you for saying that. He came to visit my parents, years ago when I was very small, and I vaguely recall meeting him. My Dad was a very skilled amatuer boat-builder, and they talked for hours. How & when they first met is lost to me, but I'll ask my Mom next time I see her.

[Buffalo Bob]

Man! After what this guy has done I feel like a total wussy surfin the internet.

[sneakypete]

stopped taking food, water or medication in early April after being diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor. He died Thursday night in his sleep at home in Colla Michari, Italy,

I'm surprised nobody else commented on this. Here we have a case of a great man who is 87 years old,having to die a painful death from starvation because of archaic religious laws that prevented him from getting a doctor to show him the same courtesy we show dogs and cats.

[mattdono]

I have been an admirer of Mr. Heyerdahl for a short while. My conclusions on him: he just proved everyone wrong. Conventional wisdom...he was empirical wisdom.

Enjoy the view from above...

[RedBloodedAmerican]

I thuppothe after his voyage he wath tho Thor he could hardly pith.

[Jim Thornley]

Thor wrote a book about his year long honeymoon on a very primitive island in the Pacific. She had to be some gal.

The one line that I remember was that plagues are mankinds foxes. Relating to the fact that as the lemming population increased in the artic the foxes had larger litters.

[Willie Green]

Thor put his life on the line and went out and conclusively proved that what he claimed could, in fact, have been done with ancient technology by simply doing it himself.

No doubt that Thor Heyerdahl's adventures were both interesting and hazardous.

But from an objective perspective, his "conclusive proof" is pure junk science.

Fabricating "evidence" is not "proof".

The only "proof" we can ever obtain lies in whatever archaeological artifacts and manuscripts we can recover.
Many things will never be known conclusively.

That said, Thor Heyerdahl: RIP. You made some entertaining documentaries.

[SunkenCiv]

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