OK so in 1969 the US ambassador to Holland gave a "moon rock" to Willem Drees, ex-Dutch prime minister, who kept it until he died almost 20 years later. In 1988 it was given to a museum, which had it inspected and insured, then another 20 years passed before it was discovered to be a piece of petrified wood. What do you think happened?
1. The ambassador or maybe the people who mounted it pulled a fast one?
2. Some Dutch bigwig got a moon rock stashed in his sock drawer or some other party pulled a switcheroo?
3. The US just said what the hell who's gonna know here's a hunk of wood?
It's a funny but perplexing mystery.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090828/od_afp/netherlandsusmuseumastronomymoonoffbeat_20090828165236
Originally posted by Sam The ShamA huge asteroid struck the earth and dislodged a hunk of it, now called the moon. Further moon explorations will turn up 8 track tapes, 33 rpm vinyl records, timex watches that are still ticking and many other artifacts. Can there be any doubt?
OK so in 1969 the US ambassador to Holland gave a "moon rock" to Willem Drees, ex-Dutch prime minister, who kept it until he died almost 20 years later. In 1988 it was given to a museum, which had it inspected and insured, then another 20 years passed before it was discovered to be a piece of petrified wood. What do you think happened?
1. The ambassa news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090828/od_afp/netherlandsusmuseumastronomymoonoffbeat_20090828165236
What gets me is all the moon hoax advocates are now claiming it's proof of the moon landings being a hoax, their reasoning runs something like this:
Statement 1. US ambassador gives a rock to a Dutch politician, says it's from the moon.
Statement 2. 40 years later it turns out rock isn't from the moon.
Conclusion: All the moon landings were teh FAKE!!
Anyone have a problem seeing the error in logic of the syllogism?
Originally posted by Sam The ShamYep !!
What gets me is all the moon hoax advocates are now claiming it's proof of the moon landings being a hoax, their reasoning runs something like this:
Statement 1. US ambassador gives a rock to a Dutch politician, says it's from the moon.
Statement 2. 40 years later it turns out rock isn't from the moon.
Conclusion: All the moon landings were teh FAKE!!
Anyone have a problem seeing the error in logic of the syllogism?
skeeter
Originally posted by duecerNever argue with a moon hoax advocate, it is a foolish waste of time. It's like trying to reason with a small retarded child that wants something it can't have. Just ignore them and they'll go away. Who cares what they think anyway?
can you prove he wasn't?
Originally posted by divegeesterGallup Poll from a few years back showed 6% of the respondants thought the Apollo missions were faked.
There must be some good reasons for believing that? Is that a widespread belief; looks like some here genuinely think that it was a hoax.
No, there aren't any "good reasons" for believing so, every hoax theory is quickly shot down, usually by the most casual of observation and knowledge of the facts. The moon-hoax theory is just a business for unscrupulous writers to make a buck off of gullible people that buy anything with "conspiracy" in the title.