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   From: roger@.   
      
   In one age, called the Second Age by some,   
      (an Age yet to come, an Age long past)   
         someone claiming to be israel t wrote   
            in message <87sm4utc6d.fsf@kafka.homenet>:   
      
   >Roger  writes:   
   >   
   >> what it the *point*?  *Why* would such a fake even be considered.   
   >   
   >Several things:   
      
   ... which "israel" snipped without indicating.   
      
   Why do you think that dishonesty *advances* your case?   
      
   Here's what "israel" apparently doesn't want to think about:   
      
        
      
   >While my simple but elegant argument requires nothing more than movie special   
   effects.   
      
   Very special special effects, none of which were available at the   
   time, and a conspiracy encompassing tens of thousands of people, not   
   one of which *every* let slip anything in support of the existence of   
   this conspiracy.   
      
   >> Let's apply the Razor to this, tho: what is the *point* of this hoax,   
      
   >The Razor is not about intention or even about teleology.   
   >Rather the principle underlies all scientific modelling and theory building.   
   >It admonishes us to choose from a set of otherwise equivalent models of a   
   >given phenomenon the simplest one.   
   >   
   >What could be simpler than " It was faked" ?   
      
   Of course, you ignore the ramifications of that idiocy.   
      
        
      
   >1. The Russians were so disheartened by this that their country never really   
   >recovered. It led indirectly to the breakup of the soviet union.   
      
   ... several decades later.  Have you any hint of a beginning of a   
   snippet of a piece of evidence that such was considered by NASA at   
   that time?   
      
   >2. Prestige and PR   
      
   Which is useful for an agency *not* doing what it is supposed to be   
   doing... why?   
      
   >3. SGI needed a big computer contract.   
      
   Silicon Graphics.   
      
   Which was founded in 1982.   
      
   Guess that time machine effect *really* worked, huh?   
      
   >4. It was a useful way of accounting for money that went into various   
   >slush funds and mind control projects.   
      
   Any proof of this?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)