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12 Dec 2025 Lex Fridman Podcast #487 – Irving Finkel: Deciphering Secrets of Ancient Civilizations & Flood Myths
“I think so. But the paradoxical thing about Tom Lehrer is that when he’s talking about the bomb and all that, and devices, and international trouble, it’s so unchanged.”
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- Irving Finkel
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- belief
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- 12 Dec 2025
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
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…Yeah, I mean, he had a real… You have that. You know, I’ve watched a lot of your stuff. Your whole way of being, the wit. There’s something about that biting wit. It’s a bit of humor, bit of sadness in it. It just kind of feels like it really quickly gets to the complexity of what it means to be human. I think so. But the paradoxical thing about Tom Lehrer is that when he’s talking about the bomb and all that, and devices, and international trouble, it’s so unchanged. And same with Dr. Strangelove. It’s just, it’s very remarkable. Anyway, next time you’re here or when you’re here, you should come and see me in the museum. I will…
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