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ence*, there's now an AI-powered robot dog that can play badminton against humans, which makes sense because most of the other animals, they don't play badminton. So if you're going to make a robot that plays badminton, you should make it so it can play against a human. Because if you make it to play against, let's say, a beaver or a squirrel, well, you're not really gonna have any good matches be…

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through the Van Allen radiation belt and that therefore you believe that no one has ever been to the moon in the real world and it's all been faked? How many of you believe that?

And if you believe that it's not possible and also has never been done, obviously, then I'm being visited by a cat. How many times will this cat put his tail in my face? That's three. I think there's more to come. That's four.

All right. So what's fun about this moon launch, besides the fact that moon launches are obviously fun, is that it might convince people that the original moonshot either happened or didn't. If for some reason they decide they can't do it or the astronauts died on the way through the radiation belt, then you would be quite justified in saying, huh, maybe nobody's ever done it.

But the fact that China is trying to get to the moon and Russia is trying to get to the moon and we're trying to get to the moon, I feel like the theory that the Van Allen belt has prevented anybody from getting to the moon could be retired. Don't you think? If you believe that, are you ready to retire it? Bu

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t you could wait until the beginning of next year and see if somebody survives doing it. Then you wouldn't have to wonder. You could watch it if you believe the news. All right. Now, you know what people will be saying? People will be saying, "Oh, s

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