by StarmanSkye » Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:16 pm
Good grief -- This IS a lost cause.<br><br>The 'no moon photos of stars' argument is a total red-herring.<br>Shame on you Scollon for not paying more attention during astronomy classes. As anyone who is reasonably versed with the subject, on the relative scale of the celestial sphere there's virtually NO difference in perspective of the starfield from the moon vs earth. The moon is ONLY approx. 250,000 miles from the earth, while the stars, other than our sun, are a minimum of some 3.2 LIGHTYEARS for the nearest stars, up to several million LY and more.<br><br>It's like photographing the Grand Tetons from a point 52 miles away, and from 51.75 miles away -- the images are going to be essentially identical. Only for the closest neighboring stars would there be any noteable difference, and then ONLY with the most meticulous examination.<br><br>But that's another thing -- Your argument isn't even logically consistent (as Orz pointed out). On the one hand you claim that NASA scientists and astronomers are too dumb to cleverly 'chart' the position of stars, while asserting that amateur astronomers are too clever to be fooled -- so they COULD chart the 'correct' star positions. It's amazing how many Hoax Believers can be taken in by such sloppy thinking -- what is it, a compensating mechanism by which to 'prove' that one is more clever than the scientific conspiracy community? Or a knee-jerk response -- if 'they' something is so-and-so, then 'they' must be lying?<br><br>You make other false generalizations --such as, that the scientific community is in one accord on the 'safety' of GM foods. Wrong -- there is NO WAY any consensus -- many, many biologists and biochemists and geneticists and other scientists oppose the increasing use of GM technology to manipulate and control the food supply. This is another indication of how selectively informed you are. You also don't even make the effort to familiarize yourself with counterarguments -- you just assume you're right so why bother?<br><br>I guess some people just have a burning need to believe the moon landings were a fraud -- so there will NEVER be enough evidence or proof to convince them -- it's all a massive scheme that everyone with intimate knowledge of the fraud, including the Soviets and foreign astronomers and ham radio operator and tens-of-thousands of scientists around the world are 'in' on.<br><br>This is an example of selective interpretation and manipulating information only to push your thesis. You're so committed to believing the moon landing was a hoax that you just can't look at the evidence objectively.<br><br>Well, you're certainly entitled to your opinion -- as I am to say why your 'logic' is deeply flawed.<br>Starman <p></p><i></i>
