You're absolutely correct: you can always tell an HB, but you can't tell him much.

I have been corresponding with one who has bizarre ideas about gravitation, and is fixated on the notion that NASA discovered anomalous gravitation at Eros during the NEAR mission. I suggested he do some calculations and see what they had to say. He couldn't because he didn't know the math. I provided him with it. He never got through the first equation. All our 'exchanges' have been like this.

I've thought that an in-your-face bet along the lines I suggested might have some effect, but I don't seriously believe it. As you point out, these folks slip off to the side and continue ranting, and only a tiny fraction of the other side can devote the time and resources to debunking and probably don't care enough to make a wager. Eventually the Chinese will make their own visit to the moon...then there will be a "vast Sino-American hoax".

How about a site that reveals that they're the ones at the bottom of it all? HB (who are actually dupes of the Illuminati) worrying about return trips to the moon discovering their alien masters' hidden lunar bases, so they attempt to discredit NASA so there will never be return flights? That's one I'd love to see! I'm pretty sure they're behind chemtrails too. They make people dumber (so they won't be a threat to the World Order)by releasing 'paranodium' within the brain when the subject is exposed to the mere sight of a contrail. That's pretty effective stuff!



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