A recent episode of “What in the World” on BBC addressed conspiracy theories about the Moon landing and discussed why younger people are more likely to think it was staged.
Episode: “Why some people claim the Moon landing was faked”
13 January 2026
American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon in 1969. The landing was televised and watched by around 600 million people around the world. That and subsequent missions have brought back 382kg of moon rock. More than 400,000 people work on the American space programme to get people to the Moon; scientists, engineers, researchers and support staff along with the astronauts.
But still, some people don’t believe the Moon landings actually happened and think the whole thing was staged or faked, possibly with the help of Hollywood. Among them are Kim Kardashian, Joe Rogan and YouTuber Shane Dawson. And they’re not alone. In some surveys, as many as 25% of those asked agreed with a statement that the Moon landings had all been a hoax. Results differ by age group, but some surveys have also found there’s even more doubt about the Moon landings in young people, compared to older age groups.
Posted by Horus_walking
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I think in an effort to generate clicks we are actively dumbing down the planet.
Sadly, we are building a world where people who are educated in science or engineering or teaching are demonized as “elites” who should be dismissed or attacked. In their frame of mind, anyone who does a thing or understands a thing that you don’t can be dismissed or ignored. People do not like to feel stupid and so they are more apt to change their entire worldview than admit they don’t know something or are wrong. Issac Asimov said it best, and I think it applies all over the world: “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
More than anything this shows how easy it is to manipulate polls and etc.