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The Skeptics Guide #933 - May 27 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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The Impact of Social Media on the Moon Landing

I think it's one of the hugest feats of exploration that humans could ever do is put people onto another, onto the moon or onto Mars. It's something that I think the world should be enthralled with. Can it have the same impact though, you think? As it did in 1969? The society is so strange today, George, with social media and people being burnt out by new information. We've seen tons of things that don't exist or whatever. But to understand, to truly let it sink in that this is real, that people are strapping themselves to a rocket and they're going to walk on the moon  is an incredible feat.

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