Posted by
michael
on from the things-THEY-don't-want-you-to-know dept.
redbaron7 writes "The BBC is
reporting that NASA has cancelled plans for a book to challenge the Moon Hoax Conspiracy Theory, due to criticism. No doubt the cancellation of this book will be listed as further "evidence" that the landings were fake."
If people *want* to believe something, nothing they say or do can prove otherwise.
Dare I say that it reminds of... many slashdotter's opinion of Palladium?
Microsoft haters *want* to believe that Palladium is a conspiracy to allow Microsoft to only allow software signed by Microsoft, despite the fact that it's utterly impossible for Microsoft to implement that and maintain backward compatibility with unsigned software and/or music.
Yet, no matter how much I make this point, which the paranoids never both to refute, their only answer is "Microsoft so eeevil that it can only be a conspiracy."
If you want to know how people can be so delusional that they can believe the moon landing was a conspiracy, look no further than the Palladium Paranoids.
-- Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
Slashdot Mirror
One less opportunity to put his Amazon ID into a Slashdot link.
I'm generally "Interesting," "Insightful," and even "Funny" here. What the hell happens to me at parties?
If people *want* to believe something, nothing they say or do can prove otherwise.
Dare I say that it reminds of ... many slashdotter's opinion of Palladium?
Microsoft haters *want* to believe that Palladium is a conspiracy to allow Microsoft to only allow software signed by Microsoft, despite the fact that it's utterly impossible for Microsoft to implement that and maintain backward compatibility with unsigned software and/or music.
Yet, no matter how much I make this point, which the paranoids never both to refute, their only answer is "Microsoft so eeevil that it can only be a conspiracy."
If you want to know how people can be so delusional that they can believe the moon landing was a conspiracy, look no further than the Palladium Paranoids.
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.