03-24-2003, 10:31 AM
Yeah, yeah, next you'll be telling us the holocaust didn't happen either. Or that there are codes embedded in the Bible that prophecy current events. Exactly the same rhetorical techniques are used in these scams, so if you are vulnerable to one you are vulnerable to all of them.
Basically, you are presented with a blizzard of plausible sounding objections, each one of which requires some specific technical knowledge to see through. Even if only a few of these objections cause doubt in your mind due to your own lack of knowledge, you then have accepted the premise. Then when you come here, you expect correspondents such as myself to prove a negative if you expect the conspiracy theory to be disproved.
The only way to defend yourself against these things is to insist on ironclad proof from whoever puts forward the hypothesis. It would help if you knew what constituted 'ironclad proof', and were less gullible than a teenage girl.
The 'points' you list betray an unfamiliarity with the counterintuitive properties of the vacuum, low gravity, and the glare of the sun. The astronauts did not in fact move while the lunar lander was firing manuevering jets. And that is as specific as I will get here, I've lectured enough.
Growler
Basically, you are presented with a blizzard of plausible sounding objections, each one of which requires some specific technical knowledge to see through. Even if only a few of these objections cause doubt in your mind due to your own lack of knowledge, you then have accepted the premise. Then when you come here, you expect correspondents such as myself to prove a negative if you expect the conspiracy theory to be disproved.
The only way to defend yourself against these things is to insist on ironclad proof from whoever puts forward the hypothesis. It would help if you knew what constituted 'ironclad proof', and were less gullible than a teenage girl.
The 'points' you list betray an unfamiliarity with the counterintuitive properties of the vacuum, low gravity, and the glare of the sun. The astronauts did not in fact move while the lunar lander was firing manuevering jets. And that is as specific as I will get here, I've lectured enough.
Growler
Growler
"To excuse such an atrocity by blaming U.S. government policies is to deny the basic idea of all morality: that individuals are responsible for their actions." -- Salman Rushdie writing of September 11th
"To excuse such an atrocity by blaming U.S. government policies is to deny the basic idea of all morality: that individuals are responsible for their actions." -- Salman Rushdie writing of September 11th