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The moon the wonderful moon.  The moon has been around longer then humans and only recently have we managed to get to the moon walk around and come back. This is not theory this is fact.  There are is one man who was sufficiently dissolusioned with society that he wrote a book claiming that the moon landing was faked. His name was William Kaysing (deceased). Normally I would just laugh this off, but after doing some research on this guy it turns out that many believe him.  Tonights episode will focus on the history of humans connection to the moon through myth and fact.  The idea that influencers can be dangerous, and cause misinformation that could be dangerous.  The vagabonding subculture and how our conspiracist was one of the original vagabonds.  #vanlife and the romanticism of being homeless.  From there we will direct a few of my favorite issues that the moon landing hoax crowd points to, including the alleged Stanley Kubrick interview.   Links from the show: History Channel Moon Landing Debunked NASA

**PODCAST DOES CONTAIN SPOILERS** The idea of uploading your brain into a computer is still science fiction, but the book We Are Legion (We are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor explores this idea in a very creative way.  This book is the launching point for this podcast.  We will look at the moral and ethical implications of such a journey an ask what if? We will take a look at the 2045 project created by Russian billionaire Dmitry Itskov and look at their manifesto, The project seems far fetched until we lens the moon landing through 1964 spectacles.  Of courses there is a reference to our favorite show Star Trek!  Specifically TNG S1EP25 The Neutral Zone Find me on Twitter @AQFJason Websites used to research this episode: We Are Legion (We Are Bob) Self-Replicating alien probes could already be here  2045.Com YOUR MIND UPLOADED IN A COMPUTER WOULD NOT BE YOU

This episode is the beginning of a slight change in format for AQF.  Moving more into Sci-Fi and how it affects and impacts our thoughts, as well as just fun fan stuff.   Who is the best Star Trek Captain Ever???? My dog is a pit bull, well not really, but still. Star Trek Phasers or Phase Pistols Links to this episodes reference material Memory Alpha - Phasers PopSci Speed of Phasers in Star Trek Next Week get ready for Bobiverse 

Planet 9 is an answer to a gravitational issue occurring with objects in the Kuiper Belt.  Could this be the predicted Nibiru postulated by Zecharia Sitchin?  Are the Anunnaki our ancestors?  Are Homo Sapiens the result of interbreeding between the Anunnaki and other Homo species to be slaves to mine the resources of the earth?  Was Noah warned of the coming flood 13,000 years ago?  All fun questions and I will try to answer them in this episode. The real Planet 9 has not been observed at this point, but two Caltech researchers Mike Brown and Konstantiin Batygin have modeled and simulated a giant planet that answers orbital/gravitational issues with 5 KBOs that are more elegantly answered with a 9 planet solar system. From Wikipedia: Planet Nine is a hypothetical planet in the outer region of the Solar System. Its gravitational effects could explain the unlikely clustering of orbits for a group of extreme trans-Neptunian objects (eTNOs), bodies beyond Neptune that orbit the Sun at dis

Missing Time, is it brain function or alien abduction?   Daydreaming is fairly universal and we all experience it from time to time.  Most would agree that we can become mesmerized by things and time passes very quickly, and other times when we are bored out of our minds like standing in line at the DMV for example.  There are some that think missing time is related to alien abduction, or some other nefarious reason, one example occurred in 1975 a guy named Travis Walton who claimed to be abducted by aliens and the abduction was witnessed by several other people.   Our perception of time varies and is subjective based on what is occurring in our lives.  How much effort is required by our brains to process information. As we age if we choose not to stimulate our minds they atrophy similar to our muscles.  Without new synaptic pathways being created our brains shrink, literally shrink!  Traumatic events cause an adrenaline rush that prohibits our brains from writing memory bec

This episode discusses the peopling of the Americas and the idea of the Kelp Highway, Clovis theory etc.  There are competing theories based on archaeological evidence that makes sense when bounced against climate change that occurred and how it affected Beringia and the Bering Land Bridge.  How some folks stayed put and others left to explore and search their world without any evidence of what was in front of them to include any number of new beasts that could eat them!   Why did they do it?  Is searching the Internet the modern equivalent?  I think it is.  Amazon is a great example of how we dig around until we find a "deal" and then we tell stories to our little tribes about how successfully we were and what a great deal we found.  Reminds me of hunter tales and what we imagine our prehistoric ancestors doing that served the same purpose.  The "deal" in that case would be "where" to find good hunting and gathering grounds and pass that information to the tribe.  

Living in a parallel univese and the non-math version of quantum physics.  The idea that we are living in a multiverse situation is not a theory but rather a conclusion based on what the propeller heads math tells them.  I like it!  How can an electron spin in two directions, better yet how can an electron spin in two directions at the same time???  Why can't we see these amazing particles spinning in two directions?   Using the powers of the Interwebs and a Star Trek TNG Season 7, episode 11 Parallels we will figure it out.  Or at the very least scratch the surface and try to understand what the heck is going on.   Star Trek TNG Parallels Quantum Mechanics Parallel Universe   Multiverse

Follow me on twitter @AQFJason and let me know what you think! I have been thinking about sound for the past year.  The way it effects us on so many levels.  From noise pollution, to music that soothes, to the voice of our children.  During my research on ways to use sound to focus during work, or writing, etc.  I came across some unexplained sounds that have been recorded by a hydrophone array in the ocean by the Equatorial Pacific Ocean Autonomous Hydrophone Array.  or SOSUS (Sound Surveillance System-a cold war relic) used by NOAA for ongoing scientific research.   NOAA Ocean Explorer Sound in the Sea Gallery List of Unexplained Sounds Slow Down Bloop Upsweep

EPISODE 4 John Titor the Time Traveler???? John Titor was active on Internet forums during the late 1990's he claimed to be a time traveler from 2036.  His mission was to go back and retrieve an IBM 5100 computer from 1975.  A computer that his government needed to fix legacy systems and only that computer could do it.  John was Time Travelor_0 prior to revealing his name as John Titor.  He had faxed in letters to Art Bell who hosted a nationwide late night radio show at the time (is is now Coast to Coast).  Art read the letters on the radio, and over the next few years John appeared on the Art Bell BBS, where your host interacted with him.   A hoax?  Probably, he made predictions that never happened, but could be explained by a diverging timeline.  At the end of the day it was a lot of fun and lore that people still discuss today.  Have fun with it. John Titor Fax to Art Bell IBM 5100 Y2038 Problem   Find me on Twitter @AQFJason

Can we download our brains?  If not now when?  This episode deals with the idea that we may be living in a simulation and, if we are would we know.  Our interiority of experience is subjective and difficult if not impossible to explain to someone.  Will computers develop sufficient processing power to be able to download the trillions of connections from our brain into a computer?  Comparing the rate of evolution of the modern search engine in a short period of time and Elon Musks new company Neuralink it may be possible sooner than later by creating high bandwidth connections between machines and our brains.  Elon postulates that we are already cyborgs evidenced by the computing power on our person at all times and the speed at which we can access the worlds information via our phone.  Links referenced in the show: Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll Wikipedia Simulation Hypothesis Neuralink Google using Neural Matching Michio Kaku: Can we download our brain? Elon Musk Biography&nb

EP2 UFO or Alien - Is there a difference? Looking back at encounters with UFOs and Aliens we start to see some pattern.  The people that see a UFO are not the same as the folks who claim to be abducted by aliens.  Full disclosure I have seen a UFO, I have not been abducted by Aliens.  UFO just means I can't explain it with my current basis of knowledge.  There are many more people like me than there are Alien Abductees. I cannot disprove the accounts of Alien Abductees, but I their reasoning is suspect.  I wish I could find a dragon among them, but no luck thus far. In this episode we will consider the possibilities of life outside of our planet and discuss the size of the universe and the probability of other intelligent life among the 19 sextillion planets that scientists believe are out there.   Interesting Links: Rosswell Planets Hoaxes MUFON UFO Sighting Map Find me on Twitter @AQFJason

EP1 Flat Earthers:  Flat Earthers have made the news from time to time. Recall Shaq quipped at on point that since he drove from LA to FL it seemed flat to him.  He was joking. There are many people that believe that the earth is flat.  They provide vague explanations to answer the holes in their theory.   You can see for yourself at flatearthsociet.org Shaq trolling with his Flat Earth Quip CBSSPORTS.COM Finally here are 7 ways to prove the earth is round to your flat earth friends What is AQF= Archie Query Form  the first search engine in 1990. Only indexed webpages, it didn't have the capacity to tell the researcher what was contained at the site.  I think that we often do the same thing, we see a headline and don't have the capacity to read the article and if it doesn't pass the smell test we should do a little more research.  Our news media has figured this out as well, and as you thumb through your headlines notice the click-bait titles that are being used to draw you

A quick introduction to AQF a podcast where we delve into why we are human and how we collectively evolve and agree on certain norms, and how those norms change over time.  When we discover new facts, old facts become mythology.   AQF or Archie Querie Form the original Internet Search engine felt like a fitting title for our work on this show.  Searching is what we will do.  All points of view will be explored.   Lot's of tech geek stuff and fun as well.   I look forward to publishing my first episode within the week.