Yes, we actually landed on the Moon. No, aliens didn’t crash land at Roswell. What is it about space exploration that leads to so many conspiracy theories? We’ll try to get to the bottom of these conspiracy theories, poke holes in their ridiculous ideas and help you build your baloney detection kit.
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Why do we persist in granting these intellectually lazy frauds the title “theorists”? A theory is the product of extensive research, experimentation, and scientific peer review. Referring to these people as “theorists” implicitly grants them honors, placing their idiotic arguments at the same level as true theories, such as Gravity, Evolution, and The Standard Model.
The phrase that should be used is “fantasists”.