Conspiracy Theories

Neil Armstrong died over the weekend from complication related to heart surgery. The first man to walk on the Moon now belongs to the ages.

 

Just 3 weeks ago I got into a minor row with some of my friends over a stupid topic. One of my coworkers at Bank of America was a regular reader of the website ‘Prison Planet’ which promotes a series of strange and odd conspiracy theories. One of the more insidious theories that gets heavy play on Prison Planet is the 9/11 as a ‘False Flag’ attack (a false flag attack is when the Government attacks itself and places the blame on an outsider to consolidate political power: the burning of the Reichstag and placing the blame on Communists by the Nazis is the classic example of a ‘false flag attack’). At any rate, I mentioned that I have no respect for anyone who harbors any suspicions that the Moon landing was faked. One of my friends stated that she ‘could see how and I would not be surprised’ if the Moon landing was faked. Obviously, I took a position that anyone who believed that garbage was beyond dumb which then led to a minor argument about the nature of Truth.

 

Truth is objective and verifiable outside of your own mind. In the case of the moon, the flags, foot prints and the landing craft are easily identified on the Moon. Further, we have video and transmissions from the Moon landing from verified 3^rd parties. But yet, anywhere from 6% to 20% of the American population BELIEVES the moon landings were hoaxes.  That is an unreal percentage of people, and it speaks volumes in American’s lack of faith in humanity.

 

At times humanity is transcendent, humanity built the great pyramids and sent men to the moon. With the proper motivation and tools there is little mankind cannot do. These insane conspiracy theories underscore the deep psychological fear in most people that you are not as smart, strong or gifted as you think. All conspiracy theories are assumed that mankind cannot reach the moon, build the pyramids  or develop writing without the aid of an outside force (like aliens). Humanity can achieve great things, when some of the achievements feel like miracles, many people cannot locate the greatness in themselves that  produced the great event. And so, they invent a sophisticated series of lies to  show that the great achievement is a lie.

 

I have no tolerance for Conspiracy Theories, the truth is knowable, obtainable and logical, to believe otherwise is false.