On Apr 24, 6:29*am, Eric Gisse wrote:
Am I the only one who is impressed by the sheer complexity of the
arguments supporting the conspiracy theory?...

"The treacherous are ever distrustful, seeking out conspiracies" --
Lord of the Rings (slight paraphrase)

Complexity is evasion from simple truths. One cannot deny what's
directly in the line of sight, plainly visible for all to see...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ts_on_the_Moon

The analogy would be for a conspiracy nut-case to proclaim (on a
soapbox at noontime on a cloudless day) that there is no sun and that
assertions to the contrary are simply a ploy by a colluding clique of
astronomers to boondoggle the public into supporting solar energy
(which, according to the conspiracy theorist, would then actually be a
secret programme to install 2-ways microwave sensors and transmitters
throughout the land to control the public's brainwaves, since there
would be no sun for the solar energy to be solar of)..