Originally Posted by Jim

But, that is exactly how the bad guy gets caught in almost every movie or television murder mystery. He forgets one minor detail which the (extremely intelligent but often eccentric and/or misunderstood) hero manages to spot.

The CTs have simpy extended that old cannard to the Apollo missions.

And - because they've seen it so many times on screen - it makes sense.

Perhaps they see themselves as that hero... no formal training, but extremely smart just the same, even smarter than the experts... certainly misunderstood, possibly eccentric - in a cute and endearing way... and able to spot the "simple mistake" that every villian makes.