Combination of targeted oil money bribery + whipping up tribalism, some explicitly sell their souls while others tie their self-worth to a lie

The near side is at times blocked by the earth, and the far side is not. Simple as that

“Dark side of the moon” is the most idiotic phrase ever. If anything, the far side gets significatnly more sunlight so should really be called the “light side”.

I see.

…what?

You people have gone too far

It’s probably (hopefully) not a majority, but a disturbing number of people really do believe it works like that. I’ve once had someone, whose intelligence I used to respect, calmly explain to me that telekinesis is possible because “QM proves that the mind can influence matter”.

FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE ARROW OF TIME RAHHHHH

BEND THERMODYAMICS TO THE WILL OF HUMANKIND