How could anyone believe the moon is hollow?

[@roberticvs]

If I were a Selenite, this is exactly the video I would make. Who is Paul Shillito really working for?

[@Schmidtelpunkt]

A company fabricating flamboyant shirts, this whole science video thing is just his cover. And my urge to buy one increases with every video.

[@martinberry4315]

The clue is in the name SHILLito 😀 Wake up sheeple dO yOuR oWn ReSeArCh. Or something 🙃

[@alveolate]

but what if you weren't a Selenite and were just a Lunarian?

[@DrWhom]

he gets pretty expensive shirts for free. just saying

[@juliusfucik4011]

​@@martinberry4315 No, no. Only listen to the narrative. Watch CNN and always believe anything "experts" and "people familiar with the natrative" say. Also, get vaccinated. For whatever. It does not matter. Save grandma.

[@flurfdawg6611]

"We choose to go to the moon not because it is easy, but because it is cheesey" -JFK, allegedly.

[@johnladuke6475]

"Don't believe everything you read on the internet." - Abraham Lincoln

[@ronjon7942]

That was AWESOME, thanks for the laf.

[@darkcult99]

😂

[@martinberry4315]

That was Wallace and Grommit.

[@jimkluska253]

@@johnladuke6475 awwsome!!😅😅🤣🤣

[@Emdee5632]

1:45 Even Jules Verne wrote in his 1864 novel A journey to the centre of the Earth that the Earth might not be completely hollow but that there were huge underground caverns and even seas - inhabited by creatures that had died out on the Earth's surface. I wonder where he got his ideas from...

[@dickystrike6966]

Opium was legal

[@francesroberts-tp3li]

Wasteland. Moon has no air, no magnetic field, no water. Up, in or around..the moon is a total wasteland for life or creature

[@StoutProper]

@@francesroberts-tp3li it has ice. Mars is a bigger, more toxic wasteland

[@francesroberts-tp3li]

@@StoutProper , ice? Ha. No oxygen, full radiation and heat of full blast of the sun. If, I never seen it, ice was found. It wouldn't be but poison to any carbon life. But ok, mars has ice. Right. Nobody dreaming of going there to drink Kool aid from it,,, promise. Yet your right, mars is just as a wasteland as the moon and more. Closer to the sun. Ice. On moon. I learned something

[@vagabounder3463]

How could i go to the astral world?

[@jamesabernethy7896]

You have a fantastic channel here. I love the way you present things so straight-forward but in such a friendly manner. Many of the subjects you cover are interesting or fun and very often both. I don't catch every single video but I do get most, I remember you saying on your channel about your cancer, I hope everything is well with you. I got Chemo at the start of 2019 and I have been good since then. In a slightly delicate headspace today as, even though I'm not expecting bad news, I'm a little more anxious than normal about some scan results. Videos like yours are great on good days but when you need a little bit of a distraction they are so appreciated.

[@TayQuartermain]

You tricked us into learning about moon geology by making us think you were making a video about a crazy conspiracy theory 😂 love it.

[@dextermorgan1]

Jokes on you, bud. You just don't know it. 😂

[@abraxaseyes87]

Need a collaboration with Astrum

[@entropyachieved750]

You raised my hopes and dashed them quite expertly, sir. Bravo!

[@Marin3r101]

What a dunce comment. Bruh if you believe that is what was done here Tay, you got bigger problems.

[@davidt8087]

At 4:28 you say democracy could do communism? First of all, the Soviet won the space race in terms of firsts. USA moved the goal post to men on the moon but that's the only thing they were first at that was major, in terms of sheer firsts the Soviets won the space race. Also. How had capitalism anything to do with nasa when nasa was a government project that overpaid by billions to get stuff done? The USA showed communism how to do it, throifh social programs just like the Soviets did? Sheer stupid curious Droid. You shouldn't be as dumb as this

[@maximpikalev9538]

the whole "gravity-negating crystal, people living in a hollow moon" thing sounded awfully familiar to me - because that's *precisely the plot for a soviet children's book I read as a kid*. "Dunno on the moon" or "Незнайка на Луне" was published in 1965 and is extremely similar in terms of plot, except inside the moon lived people pretty much identical to the ones on earth except with a late-stage capitalist society (as opposed to the commune the main characters lived in on earth). Neat coincidence I think. fascinating to see where old concepts can end up after a while

[@davidt8087]

At 4:28 you say democracy could do communism? First of all, the Soviet won the space race in terms of firsts. USA moved the goal post to men on the moon but that's the only thing they were first at that was major, in terms of sheer firsts the Soviets won the space race. Also. How had capitalism anything to do with nasa when nasa was a government project that overpaid by billions to get stuff done? The USA showed communism how to do it, throifh social programs just like the Soviets did? Sheer stupid curious Droid. You shouldn't be as dumb as this

[@TogusaRusso]

Whole idea of "little people" borrowed from Palmer Cox books, and "late-state capitalism" is basicaly Charlie Chaplin movies and anti-trust ideas. So why not add Wells to the mix.

[@maximkammerer2813]

Hey there, Maxim! :)

[@NoOnesIdea]

Hundreds of years before that book, there were writings and guesses that the Moon might be hollow (with selenites living in it).

[@solidjb]

Don't think it's a coincidence. I think author borrowed the concept wholesale. Not as aggregious as Wizard of Oz - The Wizard of the Emerald City, most likely just a homage.

[@TheStobb50]

Brilliant in fact, I’m over the moon with this

[@bassemb]

I haven't visited the channel in a while. Congrats on one million subs, well deserved!

[@saganspirit]

One thing I will say which many scientists have questioned - it is not normal for a planet our size to have a satellite that size....

[@Ricardofromage]

"It is in fact easier to explain the non existence of the moon, than its existence" is a good quote!!

[@ringonor4298]

Best comment in this thread 👌

[@Rob-oo5lt]

Nor should it have an entirely Circular Orbit as it does - No other Moon around a Planet in our Solar System has that.

[@nocelebrity6042]

Callback to Wallace and Gromit's "Grand Day Out" earned my 👍the moment I saw it on the screen.

[@brianmessemer2973]

I'm not sure whether I should be proud of or disappointed in myself for having never heard of the hollow moon theory in the first place...but I'm going to know all about it now. Thanks as always for the wonderful content, Paul 🍻

[@jimcabezola3051]

Be happy! I never heard about this absurdity until last year. I’m in my 7th decade, so I believe it’s easy to miss such nonsense…for a long time.

[@FDSixtyNine]

Proud. You're not an idiot.

[@pomodorino1766]

Well, you can go on a trip of kaleidoscopic misunderstandings and wildly nonsensical conclusions, or you can eat a mushroom. The second one gives you more colours and it takes much less time. (Telling this because I'm masochistic enough to have actually researched the "hollow moon -theory- *SupidHypothesys* ")

[@audiogek]

Be proud. Evidence was as thin as the air in space. Be proud you skipped out on most nutcases, most of them became flat earthers.

[@RickyDownhillRDH]

Well go see Moon Fall then!! 😂

[@SUNRISE-ADVENTURES]

ALWAYS glad to see your work! Top notch as always!!!

[@randallbaker4293]

Thanks for explaining why the moon rings like a bell! One thing you didn't discuss is that moon dust and moon rocks are drastically different in age.

[@nathanielwallace3537]

.. that's a big deal, too!

[@metalheadforlife8928]

Those samples taken werent from deep below the moons surface. Obviously a civilization with the ability to make a spaceship the size of the moon is gonna have the ability to produce seemingly natural rock. Besides that, explaining that its dry is an explanation, one of many, not a solidified truth as to why. We dont have any data for comparison, if we had two moons of equal size, how do you know that yes, the impact would vibrate more due to the dryness, but that it would possibly vibrate less than the moon were familiar with by a significant degree? People accept this guy and his explanation as fact when its merely spitballing and not concrete or disvalidating the conspiracy in an irrefutable manner. Acting high and mighty, there is only one truth! You use enough science terminology, you can bend the opinion of anybody to your view, and convince them that this is the real truth!!

[@premmahto4855]

Yes, the further you dig, you get newer dust

[@SKY_DWELLER333]

@@premmahto4855 are you just taking that and then repeating it at face value? I'm certainly no expert, but I've seen a couple of different videos/articles on the hollow Moon theory, and people just say that without citing any sources or offering any sort of evidence for that claim. There's no reason to believe it.

[@WarmWeatherGuy]

Once we put something in orbit around the Moon we knew the mass of the Moon with high accuracy. We also know the size of the Moon so we know the average density with high accuracy. 9:03 "The Moon is less dense with a smaller iron core." This implies that the mass is smaller too and I have a hard time believing that.

[@olavschioett4101]

I do get why people choose to belive these things, it would be one hell of an exiting mystery

[@stamfordly6463]

Obviously they've read David Weber's "Dahak"/"Empire from the Ashes" series and haven't understood the concept of "fiction".

[@genghispecan]

lol - anyone remember "Mutineer's Moon" from one of David Weber's old novels where the moon was revealed to be a powered down battleship from a long dead empire - a lonely sentinel stationed along a forgotten frontier standing watch against a xenophobic race keen to eradicate potential competitors. Fun series if you're looking for some lighter adventure... and can find them in print.

[@user-rk3yb6nd1n]

That's the first thing I thought of when I saw the thumbnail. Imperial Battleglobe Dahak.

[@VikCachat]

@@user-rk3yb6nd1n Utu-class Battle planetoid

[@tomtheplummer7322]

Death Star😏🤷‍♂️😱🤯🤭🤫😎😆

[@ronjon7942]

I could use a good read, thnx! Old scifi is the best.

[@VikCachat]

@@ronjon7942 Should also consider the Starfire series by david weber and steve white its also a good read. Start with "Crusade" very good fleet battles & some ground fighting. Gets really good with "In death ground". While written first "Insurrection" should be read after "The Shiva option" since that's the in-universe timeline order. Only downside is these novels refer to events that happen in tabletop game lore no novels have been written about those events.

[@jf2569]

Ringing like a bell, is very clear. A messy explanation is not....

[@carbonstar9091]

The Moon being something other than what it is has been a set piece in countless scifi settings. Always a good time

[@zagrepcanin82]

Moon is hollow. Not only Zulu tribe speak of time when there was no Moon in orbit but also numerous greek sources. The Great flood might just be a product of bringing Moon into Lagrange point which could have caused solar flair and huge tides on the planet.

[@troniedfirth2496]

Great video! Strangely this is not the first video about this subject I've seen recently. There was another which goes a bit deeper from a channel called The Why Files. It's a channel which is broken into two halves where he first explains the conspiracy and then tries to debunk it. In this case though he couldn't actually disprove the conspiracy and actually ended up with more questions than answers. Like the explanations for how the moon actually came to orbit the earth in the first place. The accepted collision theory according to him doesn't make sense as both the earth and the moon don't share any of the same geology. In fact the rocks and matter collected on the moon are older than anything on earth. It is fascinating, but still... no I don't think the earth is hollow or an alien structure.

[@ArmchairMagpie]

It could be that “making sense” isn't a criterion in science. Water having the highest density at 4 °C doesn't make sense either. Until you go deeper. Often a lack of understanding, knowledge or poor deduction skills can lead you to a path of confusion where the only way out is forming a narrative that removes it, whatever it takes, so it subjectively starts making sense. Many Pop Sci channels are prone to walking that path, so your eyes remain well-oiled from the constant rolling. The ages are different because the moon is basically just a big chunk of rock that only had to deal with impacts after its creation, whereas Earth has tectonic plates, which act as recyclers even today, water, and erosion forces. It's entirely possible that if you could dig deeper into the Earth, you would also find ancient matter. When solid bodies cool, the more heavy elements sink first and the lithophile element stick to the top, then there are also siderophile elements like tungsten.

[@Pencil0fDoom]

…the moon tho…

[@randomcat1962]

I believe it could be somewhat hollow (having a massive cave system maybe) but I definitely don’t think that it’s an alien base lol

[@JohnsonHouse-i9d]

LIZZID PEEPLE!!!

[@IgnobleKin]

The earth has active tectonic plates. The crust is effectively recycled every few billion years. The moon is effectively a static snapshot. That's why the rocks are older on the moon.

[@Obez45]

l love these kind of conspiracies - they always turn out to be really cool 'what if' thought experiments. They make for really interesting short sci fi stories. There is another conspiracies where it is believed that outer-space doesn't actually exist- it's really imaginative!

[@davidt8087]

At 4:28 you say democracy could do communism? First of all, the Soviet won the space race in terms of firsts. USA moved the goal post to men on the moon but that's the only thing they were first at that was major, in terms of sheer firsts the Soviets won the space race. Also. How had capitalism anything to do with nasa when nasa was a government project that overpaid by billions to get stuff done? The USA showed communism how to do it, throifh social programs just like the Soviets did? Sheer stupid curious Droid. You shouldn't be as dumb as this

[@ronjon7942]

@Wiegraf the moon really isn’t hollow. Sorry.

[@LisaAnn777]

Most of the conspiracies about fake space comes from fundamental religious beliefs that there's a firmament above us. I have some religious family members that believes that lol 😆

[@davidaugustofc2574]

@@WiegrafFolles if there is something that makes the Moon not hollow, that is space and time

[@davidaugustofc2574]

@@WiegrafFolles Magnetic fields are not objects, they can be created by objects and interacted with by other objects without these needing to touch each other. The fields are also useful for creating forces that move several machines that help us on our daily lives. We can also measure the Magnetic fields of objects far away proving it's not a phenomenon exclusive to Earth. Eventually the evidence was great enough that humans decided to accept Magnetism instead of being picky morons. Any hollow celestial body, on the other hand, cannot be created or interacted with, or studied or even found, because it would go against many principles that we have much more evidence of their existence. So we decided to not waste any more time on these unreasonable ideas because we're, again, not morons. Hope I said it in a way you'll understand.

[@thomasfholland]

Thanks for making this for us. We really appreciate all the effort you put into the final product cheers!🍻🍻

[@davidt8087]

At 4:28 you say democracy could do communism? First of all, the Soviet won the space race in terms of firsts. USA moved the goal post to men on the moon but that's the only thing they were first at that was major, in terms of sheer firsts the Soviets won the space race. Also. How had capitalism anything to do with nasa when nasa was a government project that overpaid by billions to get stuff done? The USA showed communism how to do it, throifh social programs just like the Soviets did? Sheer stupid curious Droid. You shouldn't be as dumb as this

[@6Planet]

Just some nerdy trivia... the Richter Scale has largely been replaced by the Moment Magnitude Scale but most people still erroneously say Richter Scale. Since the seismic tests on the moon were in 1972 this is one of the few places calling it the Richter Scale is probably accurate, since the Moment Magnitude Scale didn't replace it till 1979 according to wikipedia. A Caveat: Although measurements are generally always taken in Moment Magnitude, sometimes people will convert it to the Richter Scale for distribution to the general public even though it's technically deprecated.

[@blessobless]

This guy/creator/production company is honestly the best video creator out there. Never a dull moment never a boring story always informative. Imagine having this guy over for a dinner party.

[@carpFisher-no6ig]

Haha stupid botts like youake it to obvious

[@deanspanos8210]

It's a ship commanded by the A.I. Dahak. Great scifi novel series.

[@Astrologon]

So, what is the explanation for the shallow larger craters? Why the comrades noted it isn't really important, if it's genuinely anomalous. Also, have we found anything close to the our Moon yet anywhere else in terms of all the size-distance ratios or the fullness of eclipses? If a moon like ours is important for the stabilization of biosphere, for example, an advanced alien civilization could have built it for that purpose (and made it look like a natural object) or nudged it into its orbit as part of some sort of terraforming operation.

[@Agarwaen]

the explanation is fucking physics and geology.

[@parallel38]

he literally dismissed it as Russian propaganda without anything of substance 😂😂😂

[@BEasay]

It could also have been naturally formed but placed there

[@Tordogor]

Each new video, the Curious Droid looks alike a clone of Uncle Fester more and more! And delivers even more wonderful, entertaining videos!!

[@BaltaisGulbis]

There is a Soviet sci fi story by Vladimir Mikhailov about Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars, being alien starships and Arthur Clarke puts an alien ship in orbit around Jupiter. As science fiction they are quite interesting.

[@RedLP5000S]

Thank you for shedding a light on the experiments of the Apollo missions. Those are never discussed in Apollo documentaries.

[@jshepard152]

That's why we have books.

[@sirmingusdewiv8325]

Wait! We have a moon? Why am I just learning about this?

[@pleasureincontempt3645]

@Sir Mingus Dew IV As a muppet and laureate of Henson University. ‘The’ moon is in-fact made of supplicant lab assistants. With the micro gravity of coloured felt and several millenia; Everything will become Carbon with trace elements. - Dr. (doctor) Bunsen Honeydew

[@johnladuke6475]

It's all lies, there's no moon up there. Just a viral marketing ploy from Big Space corporations to manipulate us.

[@rickyfitness252]

You're not missing much. The moon can suck it. It's all about Kentucky

[@Ryarios]

I take it you’re not a werewolf…😬

[@David-yo5ws]

I think you and your Science Teacher need to have a talk. 🗣 :-)

[@Mike-x9h5f]

it absolutely is Halo NASA proved it

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

*_"That's no space station, that's a Moon."_* 😉

[@David-yo5ws]

In the famous words of Kenobi Wan Obi.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

@@David-yo5ws >>> 🤭🤭🤭

[@ccfmfg]

My Mom says only half the Moon is Cheese. The rest is hollow and full of Stinking Aliens.

[@Psycandy]

well it is filled with liquid, just like earth. gravitationally, the moon experiences even greater tides, forcing all the water to the earth-facing side. that's why we only see one side of the moon. the moon is 1/3rd the mass of earth and it got 1/3rd of all earth's water, too, and gold and magma. if the moon lost all that water then it would be hollow, best way to find out is to dig.

[@albertwesker295]

They grew up watching moonfall.

[@jimcabezola3051]

😂😅😂😅

[@The.Pickle]

I don't understand much but I could believe that there could be underground bases on the moon but if the whole Moon was hollow, wouldn't the gravitational effects on the ocean be a LOT weaker?

[@h.dejong2531]

yep.

[@printsignalsoma1248]

Neat learning that NASA had left behind stuff to see seismic activity and intentionally crash stuff to get some sort of baseline.

[@thomasbell7033]

They also left laser reflectors that still function. These really give moon landing deniers the ass, because anybody with a little gear can bounce light from the moon.

[@MrT------5743]

@@thomasbell7033 The laser reflectors are just mirrors and since there is no atmosphere on the moon, they only get dust on them if a meteor hits near it and kicks dust up. So the laser reflectors are passive and would work for a long time until something hits the moon near them. Also not anybody with little gear can't bounce light off them really. It takes a lot more gear than just someone in their backyard. Observatories around the globe can and measuring the light pulses sent, bounced off and return, can determine very accurately the distance.

[@thomasbell7033]

@@MrT------5743 Thank you for providing some reason and clarity to my rather glib remark. Indeed, after I posted it, I wondered about the matter of dust on these mirrors, recalling the dust on the solar-power panels on Martian exploration rigs, so thanks. And no, kids with laser pointers from Wal-Mart can't get a reflection from the moon.

[@MrT------5743]

@@thomasbell7033 Mars has an atmosphere, where the moon is considered to not have one. So dust does move around on Mars where the moon it does not. It would probably cost a million dollars to be able to bounce lasers off the reflectors and detect the return.

[@DrWhom]

@@MrT------5743 given that some guys easily spend on the order of 10,000 on an expensive hobby (just google RC jet for instance), a dozen of these guys could afford to do it as a "club project" - a million dollar project may be out of reach for the average person, but it is not _that_ out of reach

[@MourningCoffeeMusic]

I love that “atheist” was supposed to be an insult when there’s more evidence for a hollow moon than their is a god lmao

[@samuelpope7798]

"That's no moon. It's a space station" "It's too big to be a space station"

[@Armathor333]

It's "hollow" to me but due to lava tunnels and natural/geological cavities, NASAs LRO program peeks into lunar pits and into large volcanic tunnel systems.

[@Tiisiphone]

Reminds me of David Weber's Mutineers Moon, where our Moon is a giant spacecraft.

[@DrWhom]

all moons and planets are giant spacecraft

[@jjohnston94]

"That's no space station....it's a moon."

[@JeanpierreKraft]

Wrong!

[@halomultiplayermoments]

@@JeanpierreKraftchump 😂

[@DeathValleyDazed]

Curious Droid, you’re the big cheese. Love your content!

[@kevinheard8364]

Just a first class channel.... very happy long-term subscriber.

[@migovas1483]

I did not know about all those experiments on the moon, great work. makes sense to use the kinetic force of the module to poke it, and then observe genius. Those guys on Nasa in the 60 70 were cream of the cream really.. Also hats off to the russkies that accomplished a lot under WAY more pressure.

[@Parents_of_Twins]

I don't know about less pressure but sure as hell less concern for human life. Hey comrades don't sit back there sit up here by the big wig and die like men.

[@migovas1483]

@@Parents_of_Twins All in all, great men and women of Steel, both sides.

[@lukasgruber1280]

Thanks, good information. Please make a video explaining why we always see the same side of the moon.

[@Greendragon420able]

Both rotate in synchronicity. This is likely because of the moon’s origin, a minor planet sized object striking the earth and the resulting spin imparted to both body’s has endured since that time has remained locked in this synchronicity.

[@JamesF0790]

@@Greendragon420able I could be wrong but I think it's more that a planet hit proto earth and the moon is the debris from that impact yes? Moon and earth rock show the exact same chemical signature.

[@Greendragon420able]

@@JamesF0790 That’s essentially what I’m saying above.

[@JamesF0790]

@@Greendragon420able Ah okay, my mistake!

[@JeffVanRooy]

Earth is a sphere and the moon goes around the earth, it is tidally locked with the earth with one face always pointing towards the earth. That's why everyone on earth always sees the same face of the moon.

[@jameslovett2802]

How much did they pay you to make this video

[@theobserver9131]

I really wanted to believe the hollow moon theory! It makes a great story. Unfortunately I paid attention in science, and science makes sense. There are so many things that wouldn't be how they are if the moon could be hollow. Our universe never would have happened.

[@WhiteDragon689]

THere are some records from times long gone by that clain a short time when there were 2 moons. One being about 1/2 of the other. It dissapeared after a few months. If something challenges established "fact" simply and conveniently call it a conspiracy theory. It is hollow and so is the earth and all most planets.

[@rswpt]

Paul should be nominated as Nasa official spokesperson!

[@sunnyjim1355]

His shirts are too 'non-progressive' for NASA, so not a chance.

[@martinsavage6838]

Whilst the Moon is not hollow, the large caverns and lava tubes known to exist under the surface offer the perfect place to establish a Lunar base. They give protection from both radiation and micro meteorites.

[@jameswest4819]

Yes, and the deepest lava tubes reach down to the hollow space. The crazy thing is that an astronaut can crawl into that empty space and can stand up and walk around on the inner surface because the gravity pulls them upwards towards the inner surface. People had to accept that gravity is different than people had always assumed.

[@Agarwaen]

@@jameswest4819 this is just nonsense.

[@ronjon7942]

@@jameswest4819 great sense of humor you have there. Really dry, tongue in cheek. You even had DE J there for a second.

[@Dcale]

Can’t tell that to the Sheeple

[@Agarwaen]

@@ronjon7942 do you have anything based on reality or just sadsack and truly weak attempts at sarcasm?

[@woogiemonster]

Dude, you didn't need to waste time on a video, I could have just explained this for you. It's a little complicated, but hang with me: You have to begin in the US, in southern California, take a high-resolution photo of the moon. Then travel to Washington and take another one. Now you need to get to Texas, no matter which route you use, you should pass through at least 4 other states, you don't need a photo in each one but the more you have the better. At this point you may start to notice something about the photos, but resist the urge to examine them for now. This is where the trip gets really tricky, From Texas, hit Oklahoma, then you have a choice: hit every state to Florida, or every state to Maine. Now you can begin studying the photos. Look closely at the Sea of Tranquility and some of the smaller craters, notice how there is a tiny difference in shadow during different phases of the moon? See how even though YOU took every picture with your OWN camera, but somehow the moon is different colors in some of the pictures! And sometimes it's even freaking smaller!!! Lightbulbs in your house don't change size and color randomly, so WTF man???!!! Wait, wait... whose voice was that in your head just now... then you remember, it was that crazy sombich you met out west. Now that you think about it, you realize you've heard similar things from people in several states. This has to be a coincidense right? But what if that fat lady in Alabama was right and there's no such thing as coincidense? "Snap out of it, this is stupid!" you tell yourself, "what does she know, she misspelled coincidence twice!" But it's too late, the floodgate of your mind is open and you realize you've been trying to ignore a wave of beer-scented conversations you suffered nearly every time somebody saw you taking photos. A sudden understanding washes over you and you whisper to yourself, "Holy #%@&, people are &#$%ing stupid." Unfortunately, the seed of conspiracy is planted. However, you can protect yourself with a little self-medication and it's very easy. Simply pick up a book, flip to a random page and read it. Now think about what you just read, was it interesting, did you enjoy it? You see, most of those people can't read and the few who can often suffer physical pain from it. Sometimes the stupid can be bad enough that you may need to read multiple pages, or a whole chapter. I paid attention to politics once, jesus, I had to read an entire book... if only Sam knew the value those eggs would have today.

[@Pencil0fDoom]

Literal laugh out loud: LLOL!!!

[@eeka_droid]

Thanks for the explanation Mr. Shillito, your shirts are truly amazing, like your content!

[@Mr.C0ffee]

The why files just released a great episodes about this. Worth checking out.

[@StaK_1980]

I'd really love for someone to feed these seismic data into an AI model to see the inner layout.

[@juliusfucik4011]

Are you aware that AI models only work when previously being fed with validated data? You can not just vomit data into a neural network and expect it to have any explanatory power. This is a job for simulation using the finite element method.

[@davidaugustofc2574]

Just develop a specialised program for that, these kids don't know the meaning of any word anymore

[@bsadewitz]

​@@juliusfucik4011But we're in "the age of AI" now!@#

[@Badkitty17]

I actually do think it’s hollow .. why are all the meteor strikes the same depth . Why did it ring like a bell ?

[@gtavtheavengergunnerlegend3340]

exactly

[@clark4219]

I agree 💯.... But even if it had been discovered to be hollow/artificially created, you think they’d tell us? Hell no, just discredit anybody that gets close with a theory, then feed more bullsh1t to the masses to keep them quiet.... 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑

[@steveburke7675]

THIS is why you stay in school kids.

[@garyadkins101]

Strange that the moon surface has been found to contain U236, which is only a man-made element on earth, I understand. (Does anybody dispute it is not naturally occurring on earth?) Strange, too, the recent discovery of Changesite-(Y), which also does not exist naturally on our planet, unless I misunderstood China's news reports after their recent mission to our oversized satellite, Luna. Anyway, the later mineral is said to be a promising resource as a fuel for nuclear fusion. How convenient, as The Church Lady said on SNL.

[@Tzioufas]

I mean the questions are true tho why did it ring there are no explanations​@@steveburke7675

[@thedungeondelver]

About 30 years ago I worked at a hospital's data center and one of the hardware admins thoroughly believed the Moon was a hollow construct. Odd fellow.

[@David-yo5ws]

Odd or Even fellow, he was definitely a Minority fellow.

[@ronjon7942]

Did he really work there, or had he wandered from the psych ward?

[@thedungeondelver]

@@ronjon7942 Hah! We were in a remote location so I'm pretty sure he actually did work there :D He was very very good at his job and knew his way around the mainframes better than I could have ever become, eventually he left and my going away gift to him was an x-files baseball cap that I gift-wrapped in aluminum foil. He got a kick out of it.

[@DrWhom]

@@ronjon7942 I don't want to sound mean, but the following is just a familiar pattern that repeats over and over again: X has crackpot ideas and scientific ambition; X embarks on a higher degree (let's say a PhD); supervisors wrangle with X to keep his (almost always _his_ ) eyes on the ball and not his crackpot hobbyhorses; either X drops out, or delivers a crankery-free dissertation courtesy of very patient and tenacious supervisors - who make very sure that any letter of recommendation they write for X is _not_ a ringing endorsement (not to spite X, but because _their_ reputation is on the line as well); X ends up in a technical support job

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

About a decade ago I was finishing highschool and had a conspiracy theorist teacher. She said that after the swine flu we should prepare for the next pandemic, even the possibility of being stuck at home for a period of a month or more. Some of these people have a gift of foresight...

[@johnnorris1983]

They're looking for the man who paints the bits no one sees. The dark side of the moon's not dark and once was topped with Alien Cheese. Till some thing"s" by a distant star thought 'That'll do. We’ll eat that now.' . The thought, a flash, the deed was done . And when They’d only left a crumb and thought out blind '' We can't leave that nor show the fact we've left a crack. ". Theyz simply got it painted black. But now Thay’re looking for the man to paint those bits that no one sees. To ask him please repaint the moon, a brighter shade of golden tone. So when you see ' Her ' say Them asked. " Can you paint it Custard? " .... A ma Bell Mere. Merci por touts les coulour. John Norris

[@captaincodpiece3263]

I recall listening to BBC news at the time when the first ascent module was crashed into the moon in the early 70s and it said the moon had rang like a bell and could be hollow, that was back then . I wonder whether Clive Neil’s comments, his choice of words, could have been directly referencing these earlier statements

[@Agarwaen]

except this isn't what happened. BBC had no way to get that data live, nor did they claim anything of what you said.

[@captaincodpiece3263]

@@Agarwaen they absolutely did I can assure you

[@Agarwaen]

@@captaincodpiece3263 of you do, that doesn't mean jack shite though

[@captaincodpiece3263]

@@Agarwaen I can assure you that this did happen and the BBC if not getting it live simply passed on what NASA told them even if it was a day or so after the event.

[@captaincodpiece3263]

@@Agarwaen you are becoming incoherent now. So what was your recollection of what the news reported at the time then?

[@andrewb553]

Why do you use the phrase conspiracy theory? A term born from the CIA to discredit… Lately, most conspiracy theories have been proven to be spoiler alerts, who’d have thought that 😂

[@Erik_Swiger]

I've heard that there are old stories of a time before the Moon was in the sky, stories about how it arrived here. I always wondered what that was about.

[@teej008]

They’re just made up stories

[@GotSawst]

Solid moon shill!

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Thanks Paul it is always good to see one of your excellent video 👍

[@Sonofdonald2024]

Can anyone advise why the seismometers were switched off in 1977? Cost? Just seems a useful tool to keep running indefinitely? Or had they provided all the data deemed necessary?

[@cyprezz]

Maybe the batteries ran out.

[@tcb268]

It was mainly the budget, but also by 1977 their RTG power sources had degraded.

[@ronjon7942]

@@tcb268 No kidding? I never knew the Apollo program used isotope decay for power, I just assumed solar was used. Was it Pu238? I know NASA uses it on the Voyagers (and others like Cassini, etc) but it never occurred to me to consider it was used for the Moon Missions.

[@tcb268]

@@ronjon7942 yes, pu238. The RTG was called SNAP-27.

[@MrT------5743]

@@ronjon7942 The 'solar wind' can't be used like with a windmill. Ha

[@RS-ls7mm]

Not hollow, just a huge spaceship in disguise.

[@tomtheplummer7322]

Death Star 🤷‍♂️😏

[@SevenSixTwo2012]

The idiom "conspiracy theory" has lost it's meaning, seeing as how many of those theories came true at an alarming rate. Some quite recently, too.

[@burntnougat5341]

Covid scamdemic opened the eyes of many

[@ronjon7942]

Many? Can you enlighten us with at least one?

[@JeffVanRooy]

@@ronjon7942 They never do :)

[@burntnougat5341]

@@ronjon7942 covid vaccine mandates, travel passports, wef efforts to kill personal mobility etc

[@MrT------5743]

@@ronjon7942 Right he says there are many. Just tell me one before we go further.

[@batman_2004]

The people who think moon is hollow are the same person who think earth is flat.

[@SeeDeeSea]

Buster Bloodvessel found his niche as an expert on the composition of the moon. That figures. I like these conspiracy theories. There are so many astronauts who got freaked out by their experiences there.

[@moirangthembikramjit871]

The most trusted network channel 👏

[@maybeitsneato]

So first you want us to believe that the moon isn't hollow but then you claim that space is square?! Now who sounds crazy?

[@djstraylight]

Everybody knows that the Moon is a giant egg that The Doctor helps to hatch a few thousand years in the future.

[@tomtheplummer7322]

Paul Happy you’re doing well. Always love your shirts. 🙏🏻👍🏻

[@mugendono23]

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." George Carlin

[@porscheguy5848]

Please do a video on underground nuclear testing

[@chinmayau]

Many civilizations mentions one thing, the time before the moon. This suggests moon wasn't always existed like it is now.

[@ronjon7942]

Sure, at one point it probably was one gigantic ball of magma orbiting the earth after a runin w a planetoid. What is your point?

[@keirfarnum6811]

That doesn’t mean such a time existed. I could see a mythology growing up that gets passed around that there was such a time even though no one actually experienced it.

[@markymark3075]

The 1964 film First Men in the Moon is well worth a watch, based on HG Wells story. The Americans land on the moon, and the first thing they find is a tattered old Union Jack...

[@I_SuperHiro_I]

Can we all agree on the gloriousness and majesty that is this man’s head. That shirt ain’t bad either actually 😂

[@vampirepilot623]

My hippy friend told me recently that the moon was made of plasma... I asked," like the sun"? He replied "Yes". I left it at that...

[@padraiggluck2980]

Following an impact lunar seismographs recorded the moon “rang like a bell” for more than an hour. Look it up.

[@aquariandawn4750]

They did it twice

[@chrissartain4430]

Great video once again

[@Dmonnicegramhollow005]

🎁🎁🎁👆...

[@brussels13207]

Wonderful writing. Please keep,these coming.

[@FlawlesSanshiro]

If people in America, can believe that the earth is flat.... ..anything is possible

[@paulcarter2907]

Thanks Paul..Enlightening as usual...

[@3DisFuntastic]

Before watching already gave a thumbs up.... because, well, it's curious droid.

[@AngryJangry]

About the sun eclipses and apparently “too good to be accidental” distance. I think exactly the same situation occurred with one of Jupiter moons. I believe it’s Ganymede. So if the same things happened in one solar system , it seems it’s actually quite common in the universe …

[@Emdee5632]

In the end, because of the moon moving ever so slowly away from the Earth over billions of years, the phenomenom is bound to happen sooner or later. Let's enjoy this coincidence with our presence on Earth.

[@MrT------5743]

Please explain. Ganymede perfectly covers the sun for someone if they are on another one of Jupiter's moons? Cause it cant be for Jupiter itself because there is no solid surface to stand on to see it perfectly cover.

[@DrWhom]

@@MrT------5743 or Ganymede or Jupiter being half a degree as seen from one of the outer moons?

[@MrT------5743]

@Deipatrous one of the outer moons on Jupiter wouldn't only be a half a degree. You know how big Jupiter is and how small it's moons are?

[@charliebrown1408]

Another great video Paul . And you are looking well 🖖🖖

[@chemputer]

A pop science KZbinr giving the magnitude in the Richter scale when the Richter scale is actually the relevant scale to use since the moment magnitude scale wasn't invented until 1979, that's certainly rare. Though I guess if people just say "on the Richter scale" every time even when it's the wrong scale it's bound to be correct eventually.

[@alphabeets]

That undulating moon in the clip at the end is interesting. Does our view of the moon change like that?!

[@TheEvilmooseofdoom]

Yes.

[@igorsmihailovs52]

Thank You very much for the ingenious presentation and the clickbait in a positive sense 😊👍

[@dariuschmieliauskas]

Amazing content as usual! Thank you

[@RWBHere]

Thanks Paul. Good to hear that the famous Mr. Halley was completely wrong about the Moon's composition.

[@Red_Snapper]

"Indicating it was less dens then first thought" - The Moon: "Thank you"

[@Name-ot3xw]

It’s a derelict spaceship, I thought everyone knew that.

[@zuricatex]

Excelent, as always!

[@spladam3845]

Thanks, very interesting as always.

[@ErnoVanhala]

Have you noticed that there is a typo in the thanks to all patreons for "thier" support? :) Content is still great :)

[@Ultra-Luminary]

Hidden in plain sight! Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@rythemzlatin]

I read the comment in the newspaper ( people actually READ back then ) about the impact causing it to "ring like a bell ... for ~45 minutes" when I was in High School in the 70's . That's a LONG TIME before the 2005 statement !

[@kerianhalcyon2769]

To answer the headline, I don't. But I also know that nothing's 100% for certain until we explore and find out. Ultimately it's a cool concept for scifi, and the idea should help encourage people to think, which in turn should encourage others to find out. The fact that Flat Earthers, for example, prove themselves wrong time and again is actually a good thing, because they're actively looking for the answer to their problem and finding unexpected, often thought-provoking solutions. If more didn't just double down and acknowledge their failings and accept it as a form of personal growth then there'd be much less BS about it. What I want is for this is for people to be further encouraged to look into and support space exploration and a manned return to the Moon. And it would be interesting if people decided to dig into the moon's crust and find a myriad of tunnels or other signs of previous visitation or otherwise interference by intelligent bodies besides humans, just as it would be interesting to find nothing out of the ordinary at all. But in order of that to happen we need to leave our cradle and discover, not stand idly and complain about our own planet's environment.