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Professor who claimed ancient Malays could fly loses university post (www.asiaone.com)

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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago

Among the controversial historical assertions attributed to Dr Solehah are claims that ancient Malays could fly and had taught the Chinese flying kung fu, as well as claims that ancient Romans learnt shipbuilding techniques from the Malay world, according to NST.

More recently, Solehah suggested that ancient Kedah’s rich iron deposits may have been linked to a meteor shower or extraterrestrial impact.

Classic academic. Absolutely dumb as bricks on anything outside their lane, but never lacking confidence.