Debunking Conspiracy Theorists: The Moon

Debunking Twitter conspiracy theorists about the moon.
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[@Th3Birdman]

Link to the original Tweet: x.com/MAstronomers/status/1780915175576514770

[@josuemassa2027]

So BirdMan... can you transition your channel into a science channel 🤣

[@grantpowell4135]

Crazy people be like lopknkhkbjj

[@soul_reaver2136]

Thank you for this! I was actually curious about a few things involving our planet and moon and this answered some of those questions

[@philosotree5876]

Isn't the moon much further away from Earth than that?

[@pizzagrenade]

"If there's a needle in that haystack, why can't i see the needle from a mile away?"

[@JackHobson]

Everything wrong with conspiracy theories and Cinema Sins.

[@noellesantiagogonzalez7125]

I mean they are pretty much the same thing in terms of levels of intelligence

[@tythedetailer3650]

I love it! 👏🏽

[@Vi_Vi_1]

I used to wonder why people thought I was "overeducated," but then I'll see questions like this and start to realize that there are so, so many people out there who don't know even basic science. A couple of these things felt fair to not fully understand, I suppose, but that last one about the flag was so ridiculous that I initially misunderstood the question; I thought they were asking why we never take new photos of it, not "why can't we see it from this distance." Absolutely wild. Thanks for the fun video, Birdman!

[@YourDadsOnlyFan]

What does "overeducated" even mean?

[@jlev1028]

​@YourDadsOnlyFan It's a slur used by anti-intelllectuals that hate anyone displaying reason and logic. That's why they flock to talentless hack frauds like Trump.

[@Vi_Vi_1]

@@YourDadsOnlyFan I don't even know 😂 always thought it was the weirdest way to try and put me down. Like sorry I paid attention in school and like to learn?? 😂

[@BobMcBobJr]

@@Vi_Vi_1 Some people use it as an insult meaning "you only know how to be told things and not figure things out." In the workplace, being overeducated or otherwise having qualifications for a job at a higher level than the one you are applying for tells a prospective employer that you won't be sticking around long which means that they'll have to go through the expense of training you without being able to get as much in return. Example: I tried applying for a job straight out of college that I was overqualified for because the ones I was qualified for required experience in the field to even be considered. But, the low-rank job I got didn't want to train me if I was just going to leave so I had to sign a contract saying I'll stick around for at least a year with 25% of my pay as the collateral.

[@FitzyyLives]

The fact that people refuse to listen to people who have dedicated their lives to understanding the universe and everything within it absolutely blows my mind...

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

I am 100% down for this to be a regular thing.

[@danavixen6274]

It should be. Sometimes people need to be called out!

[@badouplus1304]

The funniest thing is that some of them keep saying that rocks do not reflect light, they have no clue how our vision work.

[@laraprisma6381]

What else? What leaves are naturally green? I don't remember how it works and even I know it's like, if I'm not mistaken, a visual illusion and the light makes the leaves look green? Maybe it's something else, you can correct me if you want!

[@badouplus1304]

@@laraprisma6381 just so you know, natural leaves color is not green most of the time, it is the color you see in autumn. Chlorophylle production makes them green during summer. And yes, colors are only visible light wavelengths interpreted by your brains. Keep in mind each person sees colors differently. As an example, some people do not see the color blue very well, so, they would see green as yellow instead.

[@sorenthefilmbrony]

Rocket: "Well, if we got closer to the moon, I'm sure the flag would be much larger." Star-Lord: "That's how eyesight works, you stupid racoon... 🙄"

[@luigiboi4244]

That’s odd, I thought the moon was blown up by Master Roshi… and Piccolo… I know I’m making a joke, but people really need to stop blowing up Sokka’s Ex.

[@donaldroman2717]

I could be wrong but I believe the moon was back a couple of episodes later

[@ryvercardn3387]

"That's rough, buddy..."

[@PhoenixMerlyn69]

🎵I sit by myself Talking to the moon Trying to get to you🎵

[@theGameClown93]

Well this is a different type of video, love it!!!

[@nggmack]

This channel feels like a crusade against idiocy, and I’m here for it

[@jongon0848]

Please do one on conspiracy theorists that claim "dinosaurs aren't real"

[@turtle1658]

what... tahts a real conspiracy theory????

[@kineuhansen8629]

wait what

[@visortheinvisioner196]

@@turtle1658 Yes, I regret to inform you that is a thing... if you think THAT'S a crazy conspiracy theory, google: "Young Earth Creationists."

[@jlev1028]

​@@turtle1658Yeah, by creationist losers who think the world was created six thousand years ago and people descended from sand and spare ribs.

[@jlev1028]

​@@turtle1658Yeah, by creationists who idiotically believe that the world is only six thousand years old and humans descended from dirt and spare ribs.

[@JJ_R]

Education is a wonderful thing.

[@devinwisniewski156]

Getting an astronomy lesson from The Birdman wasn't on my 2024 bingo card. And I have no problem with this whatsoever.

[@LSF17]

I still can’t believe we share a planet with these people

[@yeweston1411]

I hate all you equally still

[@pookaverse]

Not everybody has the same level of education, I didn't understand why the you couldn't see the stars in photos before this video, but now I do. 🙂

[@LSF17]

@@pookaverse some do, they just choose to ignore it

[@andim.8788]

And we share a mon with them as well

[@eramo607productions6]

We even share the same oxygen that is being wasted away.

[@ToonyTails]

Ya know this was actually a fairly informative video here. I actually did not know about the exposure thing with cameras. That explains so much on why certain videos look so dark despite probably being recorded in the daytime or in a brightly lit room. Also I had no clue that light scattering had a name attached to it

[@wolf1066]

It's also the reason why there are no stars (common Conspeersy Theerist(TM) complaint) in the shots of the lunar landing. They were on a dusty rocky surface with a high albedo (reflects light really well) in a white space suit with a shiny lander module in stark unfiltered daylight (no atmospheric diffusion, no clouds), of course the exposure setting of the photos is going to be optimised for the scene they want to photograph, not the *_comparatively_** dim* stars in the background.

[@Shane-hx4xp]

I got a notification pretty much as soon as this was uploaded as I’m getting in the middle of an argument about this

[@bryansnaylor]

Spooooooky

[@bearbear3488]

Did you use this as an argument?

[@Shane-hx4xp]

@@bearbear3488 they haven’t responded yet.

[@FitzyyLives]

How'd it go

[@d4n737]

You know, we're pretty lucky all things considered. There's one side of the moon that we always see, and one we never do. We're actually pretty lucky that we get the cool one. Our side of the moon has a cool rabbit crater on it, what does this one have? Nothing. We clearly have the better one.

[@Th3Birdman]

True. The Far Side is riddled with small craters that aren't really interesting to look at.

[@solvseus]

@@Th3Birdman That's what the Inhumans want you to think! I'm kidding obviously, no one cares about the Inhumans anymore.

[@visortheinvisioner196]

It is mad that people with no experience and who only bother to do research as deep as what they're willing to accept / morph into their own world view are challenging scientists, people who have spent their entire lives studying and learning. When you ask a question, you don't say someone else's answer is stupid at a glance; *you look for an answer.* Anyways, great video, Birdman! 🌸🌸🌸

[@georgeealien]

6:15 I'd also like to point out that people still look at this image and say "If there's no wind on the moon, why does the flag look like it's blowing???" A classroom in my school had the picture on the wall asking the same question and even as an idiot teenager, I was disappointed to see it. The flag is supported by a frame. You can see it on the top, it's essentially held up like a curtain. As for the ripples that look like wind reacting to it, that's because it was all creased from being folded up in storage. The astronauts had to assemble it on the moon (which was actually quite difficult) and because of this, it was all creased and people mistook the creases as a flag blowing in the wind, which made them assume it was filmed on Earth. So there's a bonus theory debunk for you!

[@ericgolightly8450]

A classroom had that on a wall?

[@SweatySheets]

But thats just a theory, a bonus theory

[@OptimusPhillip]

There's also video footage of the flag being planted where the flag is visibly moving, but that's just because the flag pole got jerked around as it was being planted, and started swinging like a pendulum on its own momentum.

[@georgeealien]

@@OptimusPhillip It probably didn't help that the astronauts had trouble putting it together because of limited movement inside their suits and moon dust being kicked up and causing a whole bunch of issues.

[@georgeealien]

@@ericgolightly8450 For some reason yeah. It was one of my science classrooms and they printed out a bunch of stuff about the moon and put it on the walls. One of them had the image of the flag captioned with "If there's no wind on the moon, why does the flag look like it's blowing in the wind?". Even though I was probably 15 it annoyed me seeing that. What's weird is that I'm from the UK and they didn't teach the moon landing in schools, so I have no idea why it was there to begin with.

[@holygrail8524]

I know this might be a lot to ask for but please 🙏 make this a series.

[@pumbaplays396]

This needs to be a series

[@Arcella1981]

"you're probably wondering what you are looking at" my guess is it is a light diffuser for like studio lighting, not sure if I am right or not, I will know in a second xD

[@LethalPriest]

Clicked for the title, stayed for the knowledge, subbed for the entertainment! Keep it up man!

[@expendableindigo9639]

Also, it’s predicted that the flag may be white due to unfiltered UV exposure for so many years.

[@justinlaw3153]

Sun bleached...the ultimate tan

[@StarArchitect]

Thanks Birdman, as someone who is in college currently studying to become an astronomer this video was pretty informative. I knew about the atmosphere scattering light, thats why the sky is blue but I didnt know what it was called. Also thank you so much about the photo exposure thing. Now I can see the stars in my moon photos.

[@thegamerator10]

I swear, any time someone posts a picture of Earth, flerfers crawl out of the woodworks like cockroaches and go "BuT iT's FlAaAaAaAt!"

[@Mikol_Billy]

I honestly was always confused about that other side of the moon pic. Not that I’m a “space doesn’t exist” type person but I’ve always thought “how’s that work?” Thank you birdman

[@fabricreative1930]

Some people also think that this image is fake because the size of the Earth as seen from the Moon doesn't seem to match with the pictures from the surface of the Moon showing the Earth. The reason why people think that is because they assume this picture was taken from right behind the Moon, when in reality it was taken from very far away and it zoomed in to the Moon and the Earth. The distance from the Earth to the Moon is around 400,000 km while this picture was taken from around 2 million km from Earth.

[@EdwardNewgate58]

People who question the Earth's size clearly never heard of apogees or perigees.

[@fightersfonts215]

Literally learning about this stuff in physics. Thanks for the vid birdman!!

[@hellfire-bg1pv]

I was not sure about clicking on this video bc I figured it would start controversies or whatever but I'm glad I did cuz I got to learn some interesting science so as always awesome video Birdman!

[@kfactor20]

3:20 I love how Birdman sounds like that laidback science teacher that, hopefully, most of us had back in high school. Especially with that comment, “very cool, right? Haha”

[@cedbanani]

Thanks for the video. I like how you explained all of that. It is very interesting and easy to understand.

[@mntrdk]

Funny thing about those flags; even if the camera took a picture at a resolution where we would be able to distinguish flag-sized objects, we still wouldn't see the flags. They are not placed on that side of the moon

[@mrman5517]

arguing with idiots is like punching water, you will only exhaust yourself and the water will remain unchanged! (good luck Birdman, love your work!)

[@DrakoWulf]

I like this style of video from you. It's simple, yet fun.

[@OutsiderLabs]

Everything Wrong With Conspiracy Bros

[@solvseus]

You really want to do that the poor guy?

[@GalvyTheTom]

There's literally no end to the list

[@spriken]

Birdman has a great voice for science stuff❤ 6:15 But I'd like to add to why you can't see the flag on the moon. All the unfiltered ultraviolet radiation on the moon has likely bleached all the flag white. It would have also made the nylon in the flags very brittle and may have disintegrated by now. On Earth, we have an atmosphere to protect us from most of the radiation but if you leave something outside in the sun for a long time it gets bleached, an effect that would be far more dramatic in a place with no atmosphere.

[@kryoruleroftheninthcircleo4151]

The thing about stars is, TECHNICALLY we time travel whenever we view them. Some of those stars have light that was emitted centuries ago that only just now reached us.

[@thegamerator10]

That last question hurt my brain. Of course we can’t see the flag in photographs! Compared to the Moon (which is about 25% of Earth’s size), it’s friggin’ tiny!

[@ericgolightly8450]

0:56 🤨

[@voxai]

ඞඞඞඞඞඞඞඞඞඞ

[@triplefreeerror]

Happy that there are no nazis on the dark side of the moon

[@donaldroman2717]

Wait that movie lied to me I thought Iron Sky was a biopic

[@dastvan8002]

But what about the transformers?

[@solvseus]

Inhumans, but no one noticed because no one cares about them.

[@anythingbagel6948]

My on gripe with this video was it was short. I'd love to see more videos like this❤❤

[@dr.nebulanovae8398]

The thing with Flerfs is that they absolutely cannot grasp how incomprehensibly vast things in the cosmos are relative to us, people. Even the Earth, a microscopic mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam when put against cosmic bodies, is much too ginormous of a scale for them to comprehend. The Moon is much smaller than our planet, but it is still huge and incredibly far away on the human scale. No way we could see a human sized object from that distance, nor the curvature of the Earth (in most circumstances) without help. In any regard, a great video! Different from your regular content in presentation, but similar in form. A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one!

[@danielwolfe1587]

So what you're saying is we need to go back to the moon, and paint a flag the size of a football field directly on the surface

[@BadJuJu-YT]

More like the size of Texas lol

[@AtenSol12]

Thanks! I had a hard time explaining how light works to my friend for the exposure thing! Appreciate it greatly

[@johnburn8031]

Even Jeremy from CinemaSins isn't as stoopid as flat earthers... I think 🤔 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@solvseus]

He's whatever his dwindling audience wants him to be.

[@edschelchang6123]

I mean, he actually had to be told that a spaceship doesn't need to be aerodynamic and he thinks a Sun solid

[@kryoruleroftheninthcircleo4151]

Jeremy doesn’t know shit about mythology, to the point where I’m worried that he thinks Thor is a Marvel invention.

[@edschelchang6123]

@@kryoruleroftheninthcircleo4151 Is it just mythology? Cause it feels like he gets lots of stuff wrong like science, mythology, different cultures, comics, books, games and ironically film, like for some reason he thinks Chekov's gun in of itself is a bad thing and he doesn't understand what a deus ex machina is

[@kryoruleroftheninthcircleo4151]

@@edschelchang6123 He’s a Tennessean like myself but tbh he embarrasses me sometimes. Like he DOESN’T KNOW what a Greek siren is from the Black Panther 2 video?? I’ll be horrified if he does one regarding angels and demons because that’s my field of expertise.

[@Cinemabu11]

I enjoyed this video. If you decide to make more of these kinds of debunking videos (Like your Namor pronunciation video) I wouldn't mind.

[@P.A.L.09]

Well it is twitter…

[@The_Trident_Master]

Another reason stars don’t show up is because of light pollution

[@axelscales_]

phew, we tricked em with the classic cardboard moon trick. i was worried after we ran out of white paint

[@roscowbrown3937]

I wonder if that Photoshop/exposure effect could show the stars in moon-landing photos ⭐️🚀

[@YahhSirio]

I honestly learn a lot when I watch you, whether it's about movies, science, or other stuff, I end up leaving your videos with new knowledge. Hope you do more of these videos too

[@rohitraj-ie2tk]

Who knew the birdman knew about Rayleigh scattering. Kudos to you man !!!

[@jasoncarter455]

Is there any hope for conspiracy theorists Birdman, you have a pleasant voice

[@MissJoyce88]

Not the content I was expecting but I’m here for it. Learned something today thanks

[@Reignwonton]

It's essentially the same as City Lights. You see less stars in the city compared to being in the woods or forests where there are no lights.

[@makechoices2618]

Was definitely not expecting you to make a video like this but I for sure enjoyed it and would definitely watch more videos like this from you

[@WH0__IS]

I love this style of videos you have a lot of common logic and its great. Keep up the good videos cant wait for the live

[@kriscynical]

This explanation was very neat-o and easy to understand, Birdman. Well done.

[@eddyviews1427]

This would take a new level of Where’s Waldo. It makes Zangief with the TV logical compare to ask a pinpoint location of the flag based on a far away photograph.

[@Practitioner_of_Diogenes]

I find it interesting that you and PBS Space Time both uploaded a video about the moon within the same timeframe. Granted, why the moon of the subject of the two respective videos are different.

[@bcsmith8994]

Genuinely great video, thank you for it!

[@Ghostmann2]

This was just a really nice Science lesson! I wasn't expecting this type of video, but it's very much welcome

[@alienstar2088]

I wonder why people are so hellbent on ignoring the truth of the matter. Maybe because of the inherent distrust of the government? I think it's more so the scale of everything. I think people have a very hard time understanding the vast scale of everything in our universe and compared to ourselves, its almost suffocating.

[@DannyTruthMagnified]

I think it literally scares people to think we could be just one tiny dot in a vast, expansive space that is ever expanding and yet we are regulated to just this small planet. So, ideas that we are the center of the universe with everything revolving around us and the government is hiding the fact that everything is more local to us can be comforting.

[@alienstar2088]

@@DannyTruthMagnified That's an illogical fear though. Yes space may very well be endless and for now we are confined to this planet however, it is undoubtable that Humanity will expand through the stars. Where there was just Earth there will be hundreds if not thousands of other planets we will eventually call home. Of course, there is the thought that there could be more out there in the dark seas of space that is beyond our comprehension, knowledge that we were not meant to know and beings that we could not ever fathom on our own merit. Whatever the future holds, I can most certainly promise you that Humanity will find its place in the endless void of space and rise to dominate it.

[@laarkientje6543]

3:20 you learn something new everyday. Very cool

[@PrimeHunter3195]

I really liked this. I hate people who just insist everything is a conspiracy due to no ability to think critically and never listening in high school.

[@cinema_chic]

Have you seen the documentary Behind the Curve? Its reall interesting hearing the (lack of) logic flat earthers have and their absolute unwillingless to accept answers even when they prove themselves wrong. Highly recommend.

[@DefectiveButchr]

"I don't want to live on this planet anymore..." - Hubert J. Farnsworth

[@blusafe1]

There's a vast difference between curious ignorance and conspiracy theorist arrogance.

[@Zachary_Sweis]

Literally one of the best channels on this platform, consistently.

[@ultimateloser6556]

You should make more videos like this, you are really good at explaining things

[@BrothaLove-qw1ly]

Why did my dumbass go "whoa" when you turned up the exposure😂

[@HoustonUchiha]

I only know Mario odyssey moons

[@Th3Birdman]

Lmao

[@Fanboy_of_everything]

When I saw this thumbnail I fr thought it was a professor dave video lmao

[@SpringDavid]

"How come we can't see a small object on a extremely large object????" -MikulaMijula, misunderstood genius, 2024

[@MataNuiOfficial]

I like the idea of the Moon and all the cool myths associated with it, but I think we shouldn't jump into conspiracy thoeries that it exists

[@BobMcBobJr]

More! Do Flat Earth next. That one is great.

[@SlagNasty]

Very thoughtful explanation. Birdman is obviously a Globe-ist Conspiracist!

[@darlingxluxii7977]

Great channel love your Batman videos ❤❤❤❤

[@EpicQibliFan]

Should be called everything wrong with conspiracy theorists

[@ZunamiRevert]

When conspiracy theorist meet an actual functioning human being:

[@mario199923]

Don't lie. This was just an excuse to flex your lighting and photoshop knowledge

[@FitzyyLives]

I knew we were gonna get a lot of conspiracy theories bubbling up with the eclipse that just happened. Genuinely the greatest thing i have ever witnessed with my own two eyes btw... this video was very interesting, and though im not one of the "idiots" you were talking about, i still learned a lot from this video that i didnt know before. That exposure thing was really cool. Im gonna have to try it myself

[@Pikaweedle]

Please do more of these ,I love it

[@RayLightningArm]

Funny thing you were talking about light This week I learnt about light and why we see colour

[@Syzoth922]

Some people on Twitter also thought komodo dragons were fake.

[@skyesmith5683]

ExPoSiTiOn *Ding* why can’t you sees the Stars? Nobody explains this *Ding*

[@captaindanny8820]

Well done, my dude!! Finally, the idiots might understand! You kept it so simple that a child could understand the process and why we perceive things differently here on the surface.

[@nemobushstatue5111]

Gotta say hope you do more of this style of content.

[@theGameClown93]

Neil degrassBirdMan

[@DwayneTheeAvatar]

"So wait, the duck swam in the lake and then it died??"

[@EdibleFriend05]

Babe wake up, new type of Th3Birdman video dropped

[@AnisterStarlight]

I swear Birdman would be a fire teacher if I were still a young kid.

[@Trickbot7000]

It seems so simple now that I see it, but I just kinda figured that we’d never see the “dark side” of the moon. And works of fiction like Transformers: Dark of the moon were definitely inspired by that thought

[@intergalactic92]

But for real, the exposure thing with the stars was genuinely interesting.

[@zarabee2880]

4:07 kinda like how the moon is shiny at night?? Whoa 😂

[@morghini89]

Huh, guess you learn something new everyday. I didn't actually know why the sky becomes pink or orange in the sunset by Rayleigh scattering until now

[@bigjoegrizzly5935]

The fact that this has to be explained means we are getting closer to Idiocracy! 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@kryoruleroftheninthcircleo4151]

Seriously, you could explain to someone nowadays that a dog barks and some idiot will be like “Nuh uh! Where’s your proof?”

[@otr23kb]

Please more vids like this! I learned more from you in this video than I ever did in school 😂

[@ninjawiz7932]

I'm honestly still confused about the lighting on the moon. Like, even the videos of stuff happening on the surface of the moon show the moon's surface as a bright silver/grey, so why is it so dim in that image despite facing towards the sun? Is it because the camera is focused on the earth making everything darker like with the stars?