I remember this was a huge phenomenon when it came out and people were recording it on their home VCR’s and playing it back frame by blurry frame. News programs reported on it. Serious people discussed the reasons why they thought it was fake, as though it wasn’t just grainy footage of a plaster dummy stuffed with spiced meats.
It sparked a genuine debate about whether we were alone in the universe, and what that would mean for human beings. It’s really amazing how easy it was to pull off such an obvious hoax and full a lot of people.
You say this like people TODAY aren’t falling for obvious scams.
Humans are by bulk numbers, idiots. Always have been. Always will be. There’s a fool born every minute. You just need to wait 18 years to scam them.
Downvote all you want, but if you look around, and can’t see the swarms of morons all around you, it’s because you’re part of the swarm.
I agree. Although I can simultaneously observe morons all around me while recognising my own moronic behavior.
Most people are idiots most of the time.
Some people are idiots some of the time.
No one is never an idiot.
Obviously something reminded me of this ;)