"Jay Windley" wrote in message
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"Mad Scientist" wrote in message
t.cable.rogers.com...
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| They call themselves 'scientists' and yet even a kid
| in elementary school can see that they are lying about
| the colours.

Yes, because the kid in elementary school hasn't yet learned about
wavelengths and filters and high-end image processing, remote sensing, and
all the other fields that pertain to this sort of study. The conspiracy
theorists basically have the same understanding as an elementary school
student and foolishly believe they'll never need any more in order to
understand the world around them. (Apologies to any elementary students
I've insulted.)

Oversimplification of complex topics is a standard ploy in conspiracism.
"You don't need to be a [insert expert title] to see that [insert naive
expectation]," is a very common argument. In fact, experts in fields
exist
precisely because nearly all fields have elements that do *not* follow the
layman's intuition.

Hear, hear! Very well put, Jay. If there was a k00k contravening award,
you'd get my vote!