Comments by "" (@tekannon7803) on "Richard Dawkins: Evolution, Intelligence, Simulation, and Memes | Lex Fridman Podcast #87" video.

  1. Dear Mr Fridman and Mr Dawkins, I think of all the people in the world, both of you deserve a vote of thanks from everyone striving to make sense of life. Professor Dawkins has transformed my views on life in countless ways. Mr Fridman has to be one of the most brilliant interviewers of our time. His mind is timeless; his intelligence has no boundary. He's a gift to the world. I'm coming in at 35:36 in your incredibly thought-provoking discussion. I try not to take a stand on conspiracy theories, but only to point to facts that lead one to conclude that their may have been other outcomes to what the mainstream media has insisted actually happened. What keeps throwing me into to deniers' camp of people saying Neal Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landing on the moon for one thing is the interview by Armstrong where he never once used the word 'I' to describe his visit on the moon. When we experience something, we don't give an answer like this. Suppose your wife asks you: How was your time at the pub last night? You wouldn't answer, "When you go to the pub, you meet friends. You have a drink and talk about sport. You have a wonderful time and then you leave when you have to go home." Niel Armstrong never said, "When I saw the sun, or when I took a step or when I saw there were no stars." He never gave a first-hand account throughout the interview. And why did he wait 35 years to give his first interview? What about going through the Van Allen Belts? No manned mission or space station has been situated in the Van Allen Radiation belts. The capsule they were in was 1/4 aluminum which means they would have been bombarded throughout going through both ways. Gentlemen, there is also the fact that on the moon a person would weigh 1/6 of their body weight. It is ridiculous to think Buzz or Neal would need to put their feet on the ladder going up or down from the lander. Also, when Buzz jumps, he goes up about 10 inches. He was 180 pounds so he would weigh 30 pounds plus more with the equipment. We don't see anything to make us feel they are in 1/6 gravity. No stars in the sky means that astronomers could not verify their coordinates. Are there really no stars visible from the moon's surface? None? They were sitting on a 10,000 pound thrust engine with a reported 120 to 150 decibel sound when the motor was engauged. When Neal is talking to Houston during the landing, he sounds like he's talking with very little sound in the background. Impossible according to rocket specialists. Also, no blast crater. NASA was worried about the fact that the crater might cause the lander to fall inside the pit. There was nothing blown away, like rocks or pebbles under the landers of all the moon flights. There are so many things that make one realize something is amiss about the moon flights. Hats off to both of you for making this world and our experience on the Earth enriching and full of wonder. Be well.
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