Phil Plait The Goal of Skepticism Part 1/3

[markshep777]

We as free thinkers have the right to question what we are told. As children we are told that Santa will come if we are good. Getting to a age wherer this thought has no value dose not make us Skeptics, we are expanding our reality and making desicions based on logic. Phil Plait is a skilled orator and the message is free thinking is bad and abnormal.

[blackrainbowboy]

@markshep777 How can you think you're a freethinker? You were taught all the same beliefs as the people around you. You either accept the moon landings and follow the professionals or you watch some edited videos and follow those beliefs. Where is freedom of thought?

[markshep777]

@blackrainbowboy The freedom of thought is in photographic fakery, the tech not available at the time ( i was 8 in 1970), from well put together documentries on the subject, from Armstrong's demeanor, the fact that after 40 years we cant even have a picture of the landing site. The US gov. lies from Pearl harbour to Vietnam to the Kennedy bros murders, 9/11, Oklahoma and the moon landings. In your referance to 'professinals' you are i guess refering to people who have a wage from the gov?

[blackrainbowboy]

@markshep777 Let's say focused on the moon landings. What tech wasn't available rockets space suits engineering astrophysics?

[daskalaka]

Well said Phil

Proof below

[wiiagent]

Fair enough... Or at least it sounded good, until you(phil plait) stated that you(phil plait) "believe" we landed on the moon. This is an unwise thing to state in 2011. Stop. Just stop it. You are wrong. I think your just mad because Jarrah White took your ass to school and you haven't quite recovered from your world class beating on the subject yet!

[blackrainbowboy]

@wiiagent Who is Jarrah White?

I saw the moon landing on TV. What else do you need?

Gosh

[wiiagent]

@blackrainbowboy You saw it on tv? What else do I need? How about the TRUTH! Yeah so I guess you believe in big foot and the lock-ness monster as well huh? They are on tv allot... Look, grow up, read into it, become smarter, then reply to one of my comments! Ok guy?

[blackrainbowboy]

@wiiagent First off it's loch meaning lake not lock meaning a security device. There is a difference in TV news and some show that says we do not support these claims and this is only speculation. have you ever seen the TV news start that way? When have you seen big foot and the loch ness monster on the evening TV news? Stop confusing entertainment TV with real TV. The TV news is real apollo moon landings were on TV news the apollo moon landings were real I saw them on TV.

[wiiagent]

@blackrainbowboy ...Its people like you that make me lose my faith in humanity from time to time. Look, and read very carefully: There is NO difference in the N.E.W.S. (North, East, West, South) and any other television program. It is still a TV program. It can be informative BUT it still has to be entertaining first! I can link you plenty of evidence where newscasters are paid to look you directly in the eyes and lie to you. If they dont they loose there job and are threatened with there lives

[blackrainbowboy]

@wiiagent I paper read we landed on the moon the TV news said the same thing. Newspapers and TV news around the world said the same thing. If all the reporters are paid or threatened with their lives why isn't it on the news? Why didn't they pay them or threaten them about Watergate? I guess next you'll try to say Dan Rather's excellent journalism covering the Vietnam war was fake too.

[wiiagent]

@blackrainbowboy You read something someone else wrote about something they saw on tv, you saw it on tv, when will you learn this doesn't mean anything? You weren't there, no one has proof the moonlandings were broadcasted live from the moon. NASA mysteriously lost all of there documents and proof. Very convenient wouldn't you say? Show me proof the astronuats we saw on tv was really on the moon, live on tv, in 1969. You cant! Your taking everything on faith. Whether you want to admit it or not.

[wiiagent]

@vivalaleta ...And your a dumb bitch! What in the hell are you doing out of the kitchen? Get back to the kitchen and make your man a sandwich! Leave the grown up talk to us men. Thanks honey. :)

[vivalaleta]

@wiiagent It's "you're" not "your" and I have a lot of faith that you are most likely under the age of puberty. Finish 8th grade, dear, and then get back to me so we can discuss the facts (ahem) behind your lunar lunacy.

[wiiagent]

@vivalaleta first of all, I am 24 years old. Secondly, I left you a nice little comment on your channel page by the way.

[vivalaleta]

@wiiagent Oh, dear, I'm afraid to look - will it make me cry?

You know what really makes me want to cry is the idea that you're 24 years old and still believe such naive nonsense. America's education system has really slid down hill.

[wiiagent]

@vivalaleta Wow! A female troll, on youtube... Im impressed! I bet all the money in the world I am smarter than you are girly! Ive been a conspiracy theorist since I was 18 years old. That's 6 years! So watch your mouth and respect my knowledge on the subject. 6 years of research on NASA and government lies in general! Conspiracy theorist like me have been around for 50 years. So the education system has been flawed for 50 years? Your completely full of shit if you believe that!

[vivalaleta]

@wiiagent Troll? No, because I am an ardent fan of this speaker so I'm not here to pick on poor, old you.

Do you have ANY conception on the amount of secrecy needed by ALL sorts of regular people for fucking decades for this conspiracy theory to work? That alone is absurd and the amount of time you've been a nut does not mean that your nuttiness is sensible - I was a Christian for over twenty years myself.

[wiiagent]

@vivalaleta Your religion is irrelevant to the moon landings in question, circa 1969-1972. Its ignorant to believe that:

1. It would of taken a large amount of secrecy or people to pull this off. This is false. Only a few people at NASA would of known, everyone else would have the wool pulled over there eyes, fellow employees, and the American/Russian people.

2. It would have been cheaper to just go to the moon than to fake it. FALSE! It would of been allot cheaper to fake the moon landings!

[vivalaleta]

@wiiagent You do not understand my comparison of other crazy paranoias to religiousity - even considering the subject of this video? I see.

You are trying to put out little fires with your flimsy arguments - WHERE IS THE PROOF?

[vivalaleta]

@wiiagent Did you get to the part of this lecture where Plait mentions that calling people names is not an argument?

[vivalaleta]

@wiiagent You are strangely deluded. It's fun to think all these creative and sneaky conspiracies are going on, isn't it?

Grow up, child. There is overwhelming evidence to support a lunar landing. As the saying goes, "The most obvious answer is usually the right one".

[blackrainbowboy]

@wiiagent Here are the apollo documents lpi.usra.edu/lunar/documents/

Here is the TV coverage of apollo watch?v=8GWjNbQEicE

[blackrainbowboy]

@wiiagent Who is Jarrah White?

[chessdawgz]

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The most epic qualifier, ever!