Why does everyone keep saying the moon landing was filmed in a studio? I actually looked into it

I got into a debate with my buddy Mark last night at Denny's about the moon landing thing. He was going on and on about shadows not matching up and the flag waving. So I spent like 3 hours on NASA's website and some geology forums reading actual Apollo mission data. Turns out the flag only waves because they twisted it while planting it, and the shadows thing is just perspective from uneven ground and wide angle lenses. I even pulled up the lunar surface photos with exact coordinates from the Apollo 11 mission. Why do people ignore the actual science and just repeat YouTube video talking points? It's like they want to believe the lie more than the truth. Has anyone else actually fact checked a famous conspiracy and found the evidence way more solid than the doubters claim?

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keith2749d ago

Yeah that bit you said maxl93 about "trust their gut instead of checking the source" really hits it. It's like how my cousin swears he can tell if an egg is fresh just by looking at it, but then he cracks one and it's rotten and he still tries to say it was fine. People get attached to their little theories because admitting you were wrong feels bad. I mean even with something simple like why bread goes stale faster in the fridge, people will argue with you based on what their grandma told them instead of just looking up how starch crystals work. It's like everyone wants to be the one who figured out the hidden truth, even when the boring truth is sitting right there on Google.

maxl9310d ago

The whole "studio" thing is just the tip of the iceberg with how people treat anything they don't fully understand. It's like when my uncle swears his truck gets better gas mileage because of some $5 chip he bought off Facebook, he never actually tested it but he'll argue about it for hours. People pick one small detail that looks weird to them and run with it, ignoring the mountain of evidence right in front of their face. It's easier to feel like you're in on a secret than to admit you need to learn something new. Same thing happens with vaccine data or even how restaurants cook food, folks just trust their gut instead of checking the source. The real truth is usually boring and hard to explain, so people stick with the dramatic story.

evan5439d ago

Is it really that deep though? I mean half the time people are just making conversation, not trying to uncover some massive conspiracy.