Alfie Joey explains why moon landing conspiracy theories don't stack up - Yahoo News UK
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Why do millions still doubt the Moon landing despite overwhelming evidence? This piece dismantles conspiracy thinking using the very logic frameworks that explain why debunking rarely works.
Conspiracy Theory PsychologyOccam's RazorFalsifiabilityProportionality of Evidence
Theory Briefing
- Alfie Joey argues the Moon landing conspiracy doesn't hold up, citing the sheer number of people who would have had to stay silent.
- Conspiracy theories thrive on unfalsifiability — any counter-evidence gets reframed as proof of a deeper cover-up, making them nearly impossible to debunk.
- The 1969 Moon landing involved over 400,000 NASA workers, making a coordinated mass deception statistically implausible by Occam's Razor standards.