Yuri Gagarin
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Yuri Gagarin is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between October 04, 2021 and January 18, 2024. The archive places it in contexts such as “preview of this book , which appears to assert that (among other things) that Neil Armstrong and Yuri Gagarin were the same person”; “his friend Yuri Gagarin wouldn’t have to”. It most often appears alongside Germany, 19th century African art, 20th century.
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- Category: People
- Mention count: 2
- Issue count: 2
- First seen: October 04, 2021
- Last seen: January 18, 2024
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- Germany (2 shared issues)
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- 19th century African art (1 shared issues)
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- 20th century (1 shared issues)
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- @somefoundersalt (1 shared issues)
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- abstract art (1 shared issues)
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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
I want to make it clear that even though I used the Tartarian conspiracy theory as a frame story for my (hopefully) reasonable speculations about art, the actual conspiracy theory is bonkers and not “basically correct” in any sense. I haven’t explored all the nooks and crannies, but I know part of it is that Tartaria was destroyed by a “Great Mud Flood” which explains why so many buildings have basements with bricked-up windows (I have never seen this - is it true? If so, what is the explanation?) I have been looking at the preview of this book, which appears to assert that (among other things) that Neil Armstrong and Yuri Gagarin were the same person, but scientists have covered this up. It also includes the truly excellent sentence “Researchers concluded that history and science are probably a set of lies".
Inline links: this book
24: The USSR wanted to launch an especially dramatic Soyuz mission to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Soviet communism. Everyone in the space program knew the craft had cut too many corners and was doomed, but anyone who complained or protested got fired. Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov was picked to pilot the craft, and knew it was a one-way trip, but agreed to go so that his friend Yuri Gagarin wouldn’t have to. When the spaceship predictably broke down, he died screaming and cursing everyone involved. According to legend, Gagarin later “threw a drink in [Russian Premier Leonid] Brezhnev’s face” over the incident.
Inline links: he died screaming and cursing everyone involved