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Re: Conspiracy theories: men on the moon
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Mon, 9 Jul 2001 15:43:57 GMT
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heh, I enjoyed watching "capricorn one".
I hope no one is taking this thread as direct challenge. Though I am a
believer in the moon landings, I understand that it is possible (though
unlikely) that I could have been led astray.
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Rick Clark writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Kirby Warden writes (in part):
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> > One of my current curiosities, somehow sparked by recent debates here, is if
> > there are any Lugneters who, educated or not, may actually believe that the
> > moon landings are a hoax...do they have the courage to "come out of the
> > closet" so to speak, and share their opinion?
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> I'll come out on this one. I love the film, Capricorn One [1]. I believe the
> hoax theory is plausible [2], and I even doubted the veracity of the moon
> landing for a few days a couple months ago. But a quick search on the internet
> shows that each anomoly put forward as evidence for the hoax is refutable in
> fairly easy-to-understand terms. Most of the conspirisists' examples seem to
> stem from a lack of a full understanding about the conditions of the landing.
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> For example, the idea that the lunar lander should have caused a huge crater
> comes from not understanding lander's rockets, or the makeup of the lunar
> surface.
> The idea that the photographic guide crosses sometimes appear (impossibly)
> behind the subject of the photographs comes from a lack of understanding of
> photography, and the way light behaves in stark conditions.
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> For the record, I consider myself fairly educated, and, for the most part, a
> healthy skeptic.
>
> Rick Clark
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> [1] Watch it widescreen if at all possible! [2]
> [2] Watch all films widescreen if at all possible ;-)
> [3] According to Webster: plausible: 1. superficially fair, reasonable, or
> valuable, but often specious [4]
> [4] ibid: specious: 3. having a false look of truth or genuineness [5]
> [5] Isn't genuineness a weird word? It's all Ns and vowels. Take away the G and
> the double S, and you're left with "enuinene." I don't know. It just struck me
> as odd. Nevermind.
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Kirby Warden writes (in part): (...) I'll come out on this one. I love the film, Capricorn One [1]. I believe the hoax theory is plausible [2], and I even doubted the veracity of the moon landing for a few days a couple (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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