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Originally Posted by ktesibios
They seem to make a perfect screen on which to project all our own guilts and fears, as well as providing a handy means of explaining what we don't understand.
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That could certainly explain why some recent HBs such as Eric Hufschmid and Ong are citing 11th of September and WMD conspiracy theories in support of the Moon Hoax Conspiracy. (eg " The Government (allegedly) lied now so NASA must have lied in the past")
(Edited to add link to Ongs profile)
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We all know those Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...
John Sladek, The New Apocrypha, pg 34.
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