How can you see both the Sun and Moon in the daytime sky at the same time? Two identical Sun/Moons I guess? lol
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NBA Star Steph Curry believes the Moon landing was faked
- Thread starter DMczaf
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It's so fucking sad how conspiracy theories are so commonplace now. And when a famous person cites one, it can become "cool" to buy into it.
I find it depressing how fast Youtube can send you into nonsense like this, or flat earth bullshit, or other such crap. I love watching science videos, but Youtube's algorithms don't discriminate particularly well between actual science and anti-science. Watching videos about the moon can easily lead to recommendations like "the moon isn't real".
I find it depressing how fast Youtube can send you into nonsense like this, or flat earth bullshit, or other such crap. I love watching science videos, but Youtube's algorithms don't discriminate particularly well between actual science and anti-science. Watching videos about the moon can easily lead to recommendations like "the moon isn't real".
I was gonna post exactly this. Lol. Most ppl I know don't believe it. Mostly for the reason you mentioned. Not because of some conspiracy YouTube videos. I believe, but I do find it super weird they haven't gone again since.
It's the eternal love/hate relationship we have with the internet, lol. It can be so good sometimes and it can be just as horrible.
They have, though? We went to the moon 6 times.
The issue isn't that we can't go just that there isn't any real benefit for doing so. It costs too much for what it entails. There's literally nothing on the Moon that the Earth doesn't already provide in abundance.
Trivia Time: The moon is spiraling away from Earth at an average rate of 3.8 cm per year.
We know the distance to the moon down to the centimeter. That's pretty precise!
We're able to get such an accurate measurement thanks to the Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment.
When Apollo 11 landed on the moon, they left behind an array of laser ranging retro-reflectors. They reflect lasers fired from Earth with a minimum of scattering, allowing use to record the time it takes the light to reflect back and calculate the distance to the moon. Previously, experiments trying to radio waves off the moon had a large degree of scattering and had a large uncertainty of 1.25 kilometers. Thanks to the retro-reflectors left by Apollo 11, scientists around the world were able to measure the distance to the moon with an uncertainty of mere 1.1 millimeters.
Neil Armstrong said it himself:
no. kyrie is a dumbass and he pretended to be trolling after someone talked some sense into him.
if everyone had standards this low, imagine how much worse things would be
I bet if you strap these dumbshits in a rocket and send them into space, they're gonna say it's a VR-controlled environment and the windows are just showing a pre-recorded video. When they eventually land on the moon, they're gonna say the suit visor is also VR. Only way to find out if they are on the moon is to take the helmet off.
He's probably back tracking. He gave this response when asked by people:
This is basically what Kyrie Irving said when he started getting hammered with "are you fucking serious about the flat earth shit?" by the media. That's not backtracking, that's what an anti-vaxxer says when they get called out for being a dumb motherfucker.
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Dude got called out for being a dumbass and now is playing it off. Really tired of famous people pushing conspiracies into the media.
That's a weak response from Curry. Inquisitiveness is about asking "why" and seeking answers, not questioning history with overwhelming evidence attached to it.
Believes God; not science.
Fuck. When are people going to learn to stop looking up to strangers on television?
Fuck. When are people going to learn to stop looking up to strangers on television?
Yeah. "Just asking questions" has been going on for years in science denial. Shoot, it's one of the core tenants of it, along with questioning of scientific consensus/evidence and conspiratorial thinking.
Dumbasses will ask questions not to learn the answer but specifically to criticize a well founded theory or event under the guise of "skepticism". It's not backtracking in the slightest.
Its crazy how well these obvious ploys end up working just as well as they are intended. I bet Steph and Kyrie have a good laugh looking at people get bent out of shape.
Nah im pretty sure he was trolling and its still working to this day lol.
Spouting conspiracy theories to troll people is every bit as bad (if not worse) as believing them out of ignorance.
And it's not getting bent out of shape to get understandably upset at people who pull this shit.
Ehh I think people do get overly worked up. Its not your job to patrol other people's beliefs. I don't see what there even is to get upset about. If you show how easily you get triggered by harmless ignorance don't be suprised if someone decides to make you dance for their amusement.
Not true. NASA figured out a way to do it. Has something to do with a shielded space ship and how fast you travel through it. They also traveled through the part that had the least amount of radiation.
So again. WE WENT TO THE MOON.
It's not your job to patrol other people's feelings.
No one is arguing for patrolling beliefs so let's end that straw man. This isn't a belief we are discussing here. Disinformation isn't a position and spreading / defending it has a net negative impact on society .
Ok
1.) It's not "harmless ignorance", as it contributes to the continuing denial of facts and science in society.
2.) It is my job to call out idiots who spout conspiracy theories. If your personal opinion contradicts all known facts and evidence and is harmful to society it's a bad opinion.
3.) Calling someone triggered is a lazy way to ignore criticism and the harm a belief can have. You believe in shit conspiracy theories without any attempt to learn you can screw off, and you do it for laughs you go in the trash heap. I ain't "triggered", it's just I'll treat people who do dumb crap like this.
The thing that escapes conspiracy theorists...what would be the point? There's no net gain in faking shit. Also, journalists stake their careers on uncovering stuff, think if moon landings, 9/11, vaccines etc. if the dumb conspiracies were valid, you would have journalists winning Pulitzer prizes reporting on it.
Honestly I don't care. Im just pointing out why the guy is probably laughing at you all. Take it. Leave it. Im none the better ;)
This certainly reads like you are bothered.
I can't believe there are people on here that don't believe we landed on the moon. Mind boggling.
Have your shit beliefs, but as soon as you put that shit out there , it becomes invasive and we have a right to rightfully shut it down. Don't want the reaction? keep it to yourself.
Yes we can. If you're so open minded, do some actual research on the subject.
Here NASA has a school worksheet where you can work through how much radiation an astronaut would face in the Van Allen Belt. Try it.
https://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/Algebra1/3Page7.pdf
I think them wanting the reaction is the whole point but ok lol.
Its just a prank, I agree that I can't believe people are getting bent over this. So what if people think the earth is flat or the moon landing was a hoax, it won't have any impact on people's lives. Its totally harmless anyway, everyone knows these are dumb conspiracy theories. Anti-vaxxers haven't gotten anywhere with their ignorance after all, despite how hard they try.
Its hilarious to see how everyone is getting played by these geniuses even after they tell you that its just a prank.
It's far from harmless. First you think that the moon landing was fake, then you think that space is fake, then you think that anything you don't understand is fake.
I've watched it happen IRL with several people I know.
Lol what?
"I'm gonna say something stupid and they're gonna think I'm stupid, watch."
"Wow that's really stupid."
"Hahah I can't believe you guys fell for that! Gotcha!"
Like, not the cleverest gags in the book.
Its basically that comic where person A yells "look how stupid I am", everyone then responds with "fuck off" then person A responds with "lmao trolled you bro". At best that's what Kyrie and Curry are doing with this and we're being really charitable here with if we think they're just "trolling"
Those two are no Andy Kaufman to put it lightly.
No, its not that they are gonna simply think im stupid. Its that they are going to obsessively pile on and make a thing out of whatever I said.
I can see the appeal. Its like hey look what I can make people do. I doubt either of them actually care about your assestment of their intelligience.
Conspiracy theorists run the government of the United States of America and we live in times were disinformation has had a profound impact on our way of life from removal of regulation that was intended to combat man's impact on climate change to absorbing power to enrich the elite.
This post couldn't be more dillusional if it tried.
I had my doubts about Kyrie at first but he explained why he did it and it made sense.
Steph doing almost the exact same thing in almost the exact same matter though is obvious.
Dude, Curry and Kyrie can already do this and have done so time and time again. They have kids going to their stupid basketball camps and buying their merchandise in droves after announcing them on Twitter, do they really need to debase themselves to get people to talk about themselves. Next thing you're going to be telling me Kevin Durant's sockpuppet social media accounts were just a trolling exercise.
In all honesty, their responses when confronted with this is far more telling than anything else. The language they use is straight up anti-vaxxer deflection language.
Like I said, they're aping anti-vaxxer woke deflection language. "Just a prank bro" isn't really charitable when you throw out garbage reasoning for your actions like that.
No, most people who deny Climate Change really don't believe in Climate Change. I refer you to the current conservative government in Australia, the majority of them don't believe in climate change or its severity. Their basis of their disbelief is rooted in religion.
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Climate change denial amongst the top ranks isn't really delusion, more like deception and dishonesty. Most people know but don't care. You probably shouldn't take what people say at face value so much.
Huh? I'm not seeing the corelation to this topic and the kids. Or KD.
Also I don't know what you mean by their responses. Wouldn't they just double down if they actually believed it?
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No matter what they say or do this happens already. I understand getting a kick out of seeing how far you can play with the media but that's not this. This is something legitimately stupid. Of course there's gonna be discussion around it and rightfully so.
Either way, if he was trolling, likewise Kyrie, someone on reddit made the point that if they do actually want to make a sincere statement about something serious, they're not going to be taken seriously anymore. Everything they say will be dismissed with "But isn't this the guy that thought the moon landing was fake?" by supporters and critics. How is this pathetic-ass gag worth that? I don't care who you are, that's guaranteed to frustrate.
These people already know they have such immense reach and influence. They don't need to debase themselves to prove that they can get people to talk about them.
I bring up KD because people literally made excuses for his social media burner accounts. Excuses like how he's trolling the media and public.
They are sort of backtracking because people (people being their agent and business partners) are telling them to shut the fuck up. Even then, putting out this statement when talking to people in a relatively private setting...
...is pretty much doubling down. Instead of saying "what I said was really stupid and wrong", he's basically saying that although one opinion is very controversial, both opinions are perfectly valid. That's the same excuse people give when defending a Holocaust denier, a 9/11 truther, an anti-vaxxer, a racial eugenic supporter or just about any other shitty opinionated asshole on the planet. No, there is a world where one opinion is clearly really damn awful and shouldn't be respected no matter how controversial it is. "Just asking questions bro!", which is both Kyrie's and Curry's stance on their beliefs, is not remotely close to being intellectually curious.
If you want to be woke and promote a woke message, you can be Lonnie Walker and argue that the 4th of July is kind of a shitty holiday because its only really represents white Americans.
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