I don't think I'm happy to be guided by other people's opinions, exactly. As I was reading a summary view of Daniken's views, on one or two of them I could have provided the refutation myself. For the majority of his arguments I certainly can't do that -- I'm not an expert in Peruvian/ Egyptian archaeology -- but it's an inauspicious start if I've barely got to the end of the first sentence and spotted something I know to be a mistake (various claims about the construction of the pyramids, if you're interested.)
And then, well, I suppose a number of factors combine to convince me that it's not worth reading his book at the moment. How much time can I afford to devote to continuing a refutation that appears to have already been done -- or to discovering the flaws in such a refutation? Can I add anything myself? Is it that important to me at the moment? For this topic, the answers are "not much", "no", and "not really".
In the long run, I hope to have the time to devote to studying this and other things in rather greater detail. For now, I don't really have the time, nor the motivation to make any, and so I suppose for the time being I'm satisfied that other people's opinions on the refutation are correct. It's not an ideal situation, so I'm not happy with it, but at the moment it seems realistic.
Does that make sense? I hope it does.