Comments on: Mars as big as the Moon: it’s baaaaack

By: Rules discussion - Page 19 - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum

Rules discussion - Page 19 - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:25:09 +0000

[...] and maybe too easily impressed by stuff read on the Internet. Think of the people who copy the Mars-as-big-as-the-Moon email to all their friends. They may not be members of BAUT, or even regular readers, but perhaps [...]

By: Ashamed to have been fooled

Ashamed to have been fooled — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:39:08 +0000

Well, as my name says, I too was fooled, at least for a moment. Sadly that moment resulted in me blurting out the “Good news” to my youngest son….then qualifying it with a “Well, I have to check first”. The reason most of us are fooled by this is because many of us are fascinated with the stars, the planets, and everything else in the sky. However, many of us also do not have the astronomical education to know any better. Simply, as was demonstrated by my gullible blurting, we seek to share that wonder with those around us, because truly, the universe is amazing. If you take the logic and the facts out, wouldn’t you be THRILLED to find out this “news”. Also, the email itself has been updated, it is now a PowerPoint presentation, the wording has been corrected (culminate, instead of cultivate) and the picture has been changed to one that shows Mars on the left and the Moon on the right (my assumption is that it is ‘photoshopped’). So it’s much more cleverly crafted than the originals, and more likely to find people willing to forward it to “All their friends and family”. (No I did not, I checked first and found this site. I’m an IT Professional, so I almost always check these types of emails, and only forward once the claims have been verified. But, again, even I was fooled, if only for a short while…

Thanks for setting me straight and helping me avoid quite a bit of embarrassment.

By: Mars Hoax, Again Again and Again

Mars Hoax, Again Again and Again — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:19:57 +0000

[...] Phil reminded me, the Mars Hoax is coming around again. [...]

By: Mars. Moon. No. | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Mars. Moon. No. | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:51:20 +0000

[...] tire of debunking this every freaking year, so just read this post from last year, or from 2007, or 2006, or 2005, or 2003, when this evil viral thing got started by someone who I [...]

By: LiberalGeeks

LiberalGeeks — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:52:43 +0000

Just came across this hilarious spoof….
http://www.dailyredundancy.com/archives/91037.html

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:17:14 +0000

wow. so when are we gonna see Pluto? maybe it will come about 1 km away from us! Maybe in about 2 years!

By: Neal Hughes

Neal Hughes — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:44:13 +0000

I just asked people when they posted this on our local birdcage liner’s forums, “Don’t you think we would have seen it coming by now?” and “My gosh! Think of the tides if it gest that close to earth!”
I was made out to be a spoil sport and then when I got hate mail, told them, “It is pouring down tonight — be sure to stay out all night in the rain watching the two moons in the sky!”