Originally Posted by
David A. Rowe
Let's forget the entire air of intellectual superiority this is dripping with. Let's assume it's not your big brain vs my smol brain. It's not that it could never occur, AC. It's that it probably didn't because it's piecemealed together and awkward vs the obvious explanation that it probably did. Sure, there was some stupidity and malfeasance involved, but you're giving humanity, in general, way too much credit if you think that it's ALL some elaborate hoax and narrative.
It's not like you have a problem understanding, AC. It just strikes me as odd that you don't *accept* easier explanations because it's, what... just too convenient?