Same Evidence, Two Minds

Take the 1969 moon landings. The skeptic and the conspiracy theorist look at the very same record and reach opposite conclusions.

A healthy skeptic weighs the evidence: hundreds of thousands of workers, independent tracking by other countries, and reflectors left on the Moon that labs still bounce lasers off today. The skeptic could name what would change their mind — and the evidence holds.

A conspiracy theorist reads each of those proofs as part of the cover-up. Ask what would convince them they are wrong, and the usual answer is "Nothing — they would fake that too." When no evidence could ever count against a claim, it has stopped being an argument.