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Stephen Downes

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This is a classic example of why personal testimony is no evidence at all. A woman writes to Neil Armstrong complaining that the Moon landing was faked. While most people would say, "well I ought to know, I was there," Armstrong responds that he is the last person she should write. "You shouldn't be asking me, because I am clearly suspect, believable." Instead, he offers her some people who conducted experiments that prove the Moon landing was real, including one where they bounced a laser off a mirror Armstrong put intoi place. There's evidenmce, and then there's evidence, and not all evidence is equal.

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