We placed a damn mirror on the moon, that we can shoot a laser at and detect the reflected light.
We were on the moon. I don't care about what ever wierdos are spending their time trying to debunk something. They are just spinning their wheels, plenty of people try to debunk the truth. The proof is not in the pictures it's in the remnants left behind on the moon.
Like I said, we could have made it there later, but not when we said we did first.
I would agree with you in that we've been there, if only I had seen that mirror with my eyes instead of in the big bang theory.
You can think it's silly all you want, but I think it's healthy people want to see and discover for themselves instead of relying on others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Laser_Ranging_experiment
What about the big bang theory?
I don't think its silly, I think its down right anti-intellectual and symptomatic of one of the larger issues growing in modern society. A distrust of the scientific method and a dislike of those who dedicate their lives to understanding how the world works.
You don't need to see the mirror to know it exists, it has been well documented, and experiments were carried out on it for decades.
I meant I only saw the mirror experiment in this show, called the big bang theory.
Can you really blame people for distrusting what some scientists may say when so many would expect us to believe a skyscraper can be pulverized if a plane hits it? You are acting like there is no reason to distrust, when people have every reason not to blindly believe.
Money talks and people know it, perhaps that's why they want to see for themselves. Again, I see nothing wrong in people wanting to be more involved. Why would scientists not want the public to take part too? Afraid of losing job? I don't know what the problem is.
Politicians are supposed to dedicate their lives to the benefit of the people, representing those who elected them, how is that working out? Same can be said for scientists or any other profession, respect is not to be demanded but earned.
If we just trust information because we are told a scientist has verified it, then we are making ourselves vulnerable to be tricked.