OK, playing devil's advocate, how would you prove to me that the world is round? Remember, I have scientific evidence on my side, from experiments anyone can do (not just scientists with large research grants), that indicate that it's flat, and that I'm not going to accept any "arguments from authority" (i.e. just because a famous person says or writes it doesn't make it true). And how will it make any difference to me in my daily life (or after I die, for that matter)?
The same with people going to the moon. How will you convince me that it wasn't just Hollywood special effects in a film, with actors paid to back them up? Remember, I've seen Close Encounters, and the X-Files, and other SF movies, and you'll also have to convince me that they were still fake (or I might end up believing everything I see on TV or the movies, and you wouldn't want that).
(To reassure you, I do actually believe that the world is round and that people went to the moon, and that Star Trek is fiction (although I'm less convinced about Middle-Earth being fiction). But that's my personal belief, and as arbitrary as my belief that there is life after death.)
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Date: 2010-10-28 03:12 pm (UTC)The same with people going to the moon. How will you convince me that it wasn't just Hollywood special effects in a film, with actors paid to back them up? Remember, I've seen Close Encounters, and the X-Files, and other SF movies, and you'll also have to convince me that they were still fake (or I might end up believing everything I see on TV or the movies, and you wouldn't want that).
(To reassure you, I do actually believe that the world is round and that people went to the moon, and that Star Trek is fiction (although I'm less convinced about Middle-Earth being fiction). But that's my personal belief, and as arbitrary as my belief that there is life after death.)