The sorry state of 'science' programming on TV

[SeleucusNicator]

please? Seleucus Nicator? any proof?

Proof of what? That Hitler had a flair for mysticism and liked to link himself to previous German Reichs? That the Holy Lance did both of these things for him? That he actually went to Vienna and took it back with him? That the Nazis released paintings of Hitler dressed as a German knight holding the Lance?

I'm not going to "prove" those things, because I believe they constitute common knowledge. Hitler believed in all sorts of wacky ****, and if you refuse to believe that, I don't know what to say to you.

 

[The Last Conformist]

That Hitler acquired the lance or even cared for it certainly is not common knowledge. I've read reasonably much on him, and have never seen it mentioned.

 

[Erik Mesoy]

I've only heard about it in a parody of Indiana Jones.

Hitler and the SoL appears to be fakelore.

 

[SeleucusNicator]

Well, if you guys want a link to Hitler and the Holy Lance,

http://web.org.uk/picasso/spear.html

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

Anyone from Canada ever watch Daily Planet? It's a pretty good daily science show, albeit a bit cheesy...

I find the woman too irritating to watch.

 

[The Last Conformist]

Well, the Nationalencyclopedin (the Swedish equivalent of the Britannica) confirms that Hitler took the (alleged) lance of Longinus from Vienna to Nuremberg.