On: Neil Armstrong's reply to a Moon landing skeptic

[throwaway2048]

Do you really think lunar landing conspiracy theorists are going to "revolutionize our understanding of the universe"?

There is room for subtly in these arguments, it is not an all or nothing proposition of listen to everyone, or listen to no one.

[WalterBright → throwaway2048]

> Do you really think lunar landing conspiracy theorists are going to "revolutionize our understanding of the universe"?

No. But just be aware that ideas people laughed at as clearly wrong and absurd have sometimes turned out to be the truth. Some examples:

1. heliocentric solar system

2. evolution

3. Titanic breaking in half on the surface

4. quantum mechanics

5. all men are created equal

[throwaway2048 → WalterBright]

Again, there are specific, identifiable evidence based reasons you should listen to those theories, and you can do so without equating every lunatic with a pet theory to the popular image of Galileo.

[WalterBright → throwaway2048]

People at the time thought the geocentric model was obviously, irrefutably true.