Oops! A new Brains on Vacation

So I post about different podcasts you can download, and forgot to check to see if the new "Brains on Vacation" was up! It is, and you can download it as an MP3 or a WMA.

The topic is conspiracy theories, and I talk about the Moon Hoax. Duh. My part starts at about minute 1:20 and goes until about 7:15 minutes in. The rest of it is about silly 9/11 conspiracies.

December 4th, 2006 2:14 PM by Phil Plait in About this blog, Astronomy, Cool stuff, Debunking, NASA, Piece of mind, Science, Skepticism | 7 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

7 Responses to “Oops! A new Brains on Vacation”

1. Zoot Says:
December 4th, 2006 at 4:12 pm

The book reviewed here:
http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=142875

..makes a decent case for a criminal conspiracy by the Bush administration, so that notion as such is not in the least silly.

(And factual arguments aside, I really wouldn’t put 9/11 past them in terms of capacity for evil doing.)
2. Damon B. Says:
December 4th, 2006 at 4:19 pm

Good onya for being a stickler with the photography terminology. Drives me nuts when I hear people say “pan up”.
3. jasonB Says:
December 4th, 2006 at 4:59 pm

Yes Zoot,
Here’s how it probably happens. Bush and Cheney put on their grey Nehru suits and plot EVIL plots. I would imagine they do this in the crater of a now dormant volcano for the best effect. Next they deploy the mind control beams. Lucky for me though I have the extra heavy duty tinfoil for lining baking pans, so their beams don’t effect us in the know…
4. The Bad Astronomer Says:
December 4th, 2006 at 5:00 pm

Naughty, naughty Zoot!
5. Zoot Says:
December 4th, 2006 at 5:08 pm

Are you going to spank me? ;D

But seriously, read the link. The chain of evidence is by judicial standars pretty solid. The author is a former federal prosecutor.

Perhaps I should mention that the conspiracy she adresses is not with regards to who purpetrated 9/11.

Just saying, the word conspiracy does not automatically make something impossible.
6. Stuart Says:
December 4th, 2006 at 11:15 pm

“Just saying, the word conspiracy does not automatically make something impossible.” – Too true!

However, at the same time, just because something could have happened a certain way, doesn’t mean it did.

Furthermore, the one common argument against any large conspiracy, is just how garrulous and untrustworthy humans are. Sooner or later, someone always spills the beans. Always.
7. Mark Younger Says:
December 21st, 2007 at 6:38 am

To believe that NASA faked the moon landing, you have to be totally ignorant of so many subjects. You have to be stupid about physics, photography, lighting, astronomy, radio technology, etc, etc. These guys are just shouting to the world how stupid they are. But we all know that some people would rather be well known and stupid than smart and obscure.

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