So about two weeks ago, my roomate sent me this link to the Flat Earth Society. For those of you who don’t know, this society has been around since the 19th century in various forms and (obviously) believe that the earth is flat. You can imagine that their stance got rather complicated when pictures like this started showing up. The society started claiming that the whole thing was an elaborate hoax. This, I think, is an example of where Occam’s Razor breaks down. I mean, which story would you be more inclined to believe?

1. A large government entity spent billions of dollars to put a man in space and go traipsing about on the moon because it was hard.
2. A large government entity spent billions of dollars pretending to put a man in space and go traipsing about on the moon to strike fear into the Communist infidels.

If I were to follow Occam’s Razor, I think option 2 seems the safest bet. Then again, I have been known to be cynical.

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