"Lunar-Observing" <
chucktaylo...@speakeasy.net> wrote in message
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> > :ER That it's been faked. Unless you put them out on the moon's surface
> > :ER themselves, (Preferably without a suit) they will believe that any
> evidence
> > :ER produced has been faked.
> >
> > What makes you think that taking them personally to the moon will do
> > any better than showing them all the evidence we can already show them.
> > They'll just claim that it is all a fake. No amount of evidence will
> > shake a hoax believers faith in the hoax.
>
> (from an old sf story somewhere) There was a man who was convinced he was
> dead. Nothing anybody said would convince him otherwise. Finally his
> therapist heard him mention that dead men do not bleed (after a sufficient
> period of time --- and even initially, they do not bleed with that rapid
> flow from a small wound). The therapist had the man do research and prove
> that dead men do not bleed. Finally it reached the point where the man was
> firmly convinced that dead men do not bleed. With that, he snuck up on the
> man and jabbed him with a needle. The man took one look at the blood
coming
> out under pressure and said, "My goodness! Dead men do bleed!"
>
> Conspiracy fans believe because for whatever reasons, they want to believe
> in the conspiracy theory. The only case where we are not wasting our time
is
> in giving resources to those who work with/teach kids.
>
> Chuck Taylor
> Do you observe the moon?
> Check out the Lunar-Observing Group at
>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/> Home of the Lunar-Feature-of-the-Month,
> and in-depth preparation for your observing.
>
>
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