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Tried to argue with my uncle about the moon landing using two totally different methods
At the family BBQ in Dayton last weekend, he started up again about the 'fake' Apollo 11 footage. I used to just yell facts, but this time I brought my laptop and calmly pulled up the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal from NASA.gov, showing the exact camera model and film type. He was using a grainy YouTube video from 2009 about 'impossible shadows'. The difference was having a primary source with specific technical data versus a vague, edited video. Has anyone else found that bringing one solid, documented piece of evidence works better than trying to counter every wild claim?
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linda_clark1mo ago
Ugh, I've had the total opposite experience... showing my dad official sources just makes him dig in deeper. Sometimes it feels like the facts don't even matter to them.
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noah_barnes1mo ago
Yeah, that part about facts not mattering hits home. What do you think makes someone double down like that even when you show them something solid? Is it just pride, or like, do they feel like their whole view of the world is being attacked?
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