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Should NASA Try To Refute Crackpots?

Posted by timothy on from the crackpots-are-interesing dept.

angkor writes "CNN has an interesting article on the dilemma faced by NASA: what is the proper way to deal with far-out theories given exposure (and legitimacy) by the media--ignore the crackpots or refute them?"

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  1. NASA would call them crackpots wouldn't they? by wiggys · · Score: 3, Funny

    After all, NASA are controlled by the illuminati lizards who want to keep the truth about life on other planets hidden from the rest of us.

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  2. Re:As I said on a previous post.... by garbs · · Score: 3, Funny

    Tell them to take off their helmets while in the vacuum of space.

    That'll convince them, or they'll say that they are in a big room, with all of the air removed, and it is a big conspiracy to silence them.

  3. Re:Do a Buzz Alrdrin by Rhinobird · · Score: 4, Funny

    yeah, but then you have to come back 2 weeks later after the bruises have healed and say that you didn't punch them in the face. The photographs were faked in photoshop. You didn't make him see stars, he was looking up at night. There is no bruise.

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  4. Re:Why Blindly trust your government? by jsgates · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.html

  5. Re:Buzz Aldrin's Response by BillGodfrey · · Score: 4, Funny

    I saw that film, but I don't think it's real. There were no stars in the background.

  6. Re:As I said on a previous post.... by Hubert_Shrump · · Score: 3, Funny

    My car wizard is really pissed that no one can get this straight.

    Also, he tells me that the cat I ran over last week won't last much longer, and that he needs new blood.

    Crazy old wizard.

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