User blog comment:DragonbornMAGE/Short view on Dwemer disappearance/@comment-1840877-20130103135919/@comment-58.170.242.25-20130104020342

No, it's a mere theory, and not very well founded besides hearsay unless I'm missing something. And in all seriousness, people are quite fond of making "gods" and the like responsible for anything unexplainable, this also applies to the denizens of Tamriel. The Dwemer were quite the blasphemous lot however. Here, this is probably one of the most agreed upon theories by the loremasters:  http://www.imperial-library.info/content/final-report-trebonius