Popular Post Eldorado Posted July 13, 2022 Popular Post #1 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Nasa may have released the first stunning pictures from the $10bn James Webb Space Telescope, but some conspiracy theorists insist they’re fakes. Apparently, this proof is not enough for some conspiracy theorists who have tried to cast doubt on the photograph’s authenticity. The critics claim the images were photoshopped or staged using other means - including a kaleidoscope. “A trick in photography is to put a shear stocking over the lens pulled tight—you get light sparkles. Welcome to 80’s glamour shots NASA,” wrote one person on Telegram. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/conspiracy-theorists-insist-nasa-s-webb-telescope-images-are-fakes/ar-AAZvb3g? 7 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post quiXilver Posted July 14, 2022 Popular Post #2 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Some folks like to advertise their Free-dumb. Life is hard. It's harder when you're an idiot. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jethrofloyd Posted July 14, 2022 Popular Post #3 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Of course the images are fake! In reality this is the true picture of the universe. 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obviousman Posted July 17, 2022 #4 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Ahrrrg! The stupid - it burns! 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep73 Posted July 17, 2022 #5 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Conspiracy theorists are conspiring against us! They have a secret plan to take over the world, one brain at a time! Beware: Some users in this forum has already been infected! 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchopwn Posted July 17, 2022 #6 Share Posted July 17, 2022 (edited) On 7/14/2022 at 1:47 PM, quiXilver said: Some folks like to advertise their Free-dumb. Life is hard. It's harder when you're an idiot. All rise for the Conspiracy Theorist National Anthem... Edited July 17, 2022 by Alchopwn 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted July 23, 2022 #7 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Conspiracy theorists insist Nasa’s Webb Telescope images are fakes ............ Of course they do!! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereologist Posted July 24, 2022 #8 Share Posted July 24, 2022 No matter what scientists do there are the stupids to pretend that it did not happen. These people are important. They end up doing the horrible mindless, dirty, repetitive jobs the rest of us prefer to avoid. Thankfully they raise their hands high and say hire me to do the thankless work the intelligents avoid 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotic Jew Posted July 25, 2022 #9 Share Posted July 25, 2022 I guess TECHNICALLY they aren't "real pictures" in terms of a normal photograph since they're composites maybe? I believe that's something Eddie Bravo is always screaming about because he doesn't understand what words mean. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGB Posted August 19, 2022 #10 Share Posted August 19, 2022 These are the kind of people that wear T-shirts that say "I'm with stupid" and the arrow is pointing up. 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted August 20, 2022 #11 Share Posted August 20, 2022 On 7/23/2022 at 12:38 PM, Ozymandias said: Conspiracy theorists insist Nasa’s Webb Telescope images are fakes ............ Of course they do!! After all... it's what they DO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megaro Posted September 7, 2022 #12 Share Posted September 7, 2022 They are not fakes but they have been manipulated. It's infrared. The real raw data consists of 1s and 0s. The images are assembled by a computer. The information does not come back merely waiting to be printed off by a color inkjet. Color is added by both computers and artists. And a certain amount of artistic license in color spectrums that we cannot see was taken. Agreed that the "they are fake hype" is misplaced. But when you have a partisan president rolling out a big, beautiful full color image of deep space procured by a well-funded governmental agency . . . . some push back is to be expected these days. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scholar4Truth Posted September 21, 2022 #13 Share Posted September 21, 2022 So what proof do they have the photos are fake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyche101 Posted September 21, 2022 #14 Share Posted September 21, 2022 On 7/14/2022 at 3:05 PM, jethrofloyd said: Of course the images are fake! In reality this is the true picture of the universe. Exactly!!!!!!! Time to unleash the dinosaur earth theory. 3 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted September 24, 2022 #15 Share Posted September 24, 2022 On 7/14/2022 at 1:05 AM, jethrofloyd said: Of course the images are fake! In reality this is the true picture of the universe. There used to be a dozen universes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trelane Posted March 22, 2023 #16 Share Posted March 22, 2023 So, the deniers haven't provided proof of their claims? Shocking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scholar4Truth Posted March 22, 2023 #17 Share Posted March 22, 2023 6 hours ago, Trelane said: So, the deniers haven't provided proof of their claims? Shocking. And you will be waiting a long time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emma_Acid Posted March 28, 2023 #18 Share Posted March 28, 2023 On 9/8/2022 at 12:15 AM, Megaro said: But when you have a partisan president rolling out a big, beautiful full color image of deep space procured by a well-funded governmental agency . . . . some push back is to be expected these days. And what is the alternative reality here? A non-partisan president presenting terrible, scratchy black and white images from a private space firm? Only this implausible and impossible scenario would shut up the science deniers? It isn't Biden or Nasa that's the problem. Its the hard-of-thinking deniers. Don't make excuses for them. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatetopa Posted March 30, 2023 #19 Share Posted March 30, 2023 On 9/7/2022 at 4:15 PM, Megaro said: They are not fakes but they have been manipulated. It's infrared. The real raw data consists of 1s and 0s. The images are assembled by a computer. The information does not come back merely waiting to be printed off by a color inkjet. Color is added by both computers and artists. And a certain amount of artistic license in color spectrums that we cannot see was taken. Agreed that the "they are fake hype" is misplaced. But when you have a partisan president rolling out a big, beautiful full color image of deep space procured by a well-funded governmental agency . . . . some push back is to be expected these days. So why would anybody trust their lives to a fake computer generated CT scan that shows the tumor inside their lung or liver and spend a fortune on surgery for a computer generated image with contrast enhancement to see the tumor more clearly? At some point, it is not the quality of the evidence that is limiting but the ability of the human mind to accept something counter to closely held beliefs. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whelmar Posted January 7 #20 Share Posted January 7 On 7/13/2022 at 10:10 PM, Eldorado said: The critics claim the images were photoshopped or staged using other means - including a kaleidoscope. No doubt these same critics could hear strains from Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds as well. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Border Collie Posted February 7 #21 Share Posted February 7 Well, the world is fake. And most conspiracy theorists are purely fictional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qxcontinuum Posted February 10 #22 Share Posted February 10 One does not need to be a conspiracy theorist to disapprove of the practice of photoshopping and altering an image. As soon as this is done, its value and representation no longer reflect the reality as it is or as it was captured.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted February 11 #23 Share Posted February 11 19 hours ago, qxcontinuum said: One does not need to be a conspiracy theorist to disapprove of the practice of photoshopping and altering an image. As soon as this is done, its value and representation no longer reflect the reality as it is or as it was captured.” That depends entirely what you use photoshop for. There is a common misconception that cameras take an image that exactly replicates what the human eye sees... this is not true. Photoshop can be used to highlight details that are present in the image but not immediately obvious. This is not falsifying the image. Such techniques have existed since the invention of photography and used to be done in the dark room. This is very different to adding fake details and is a perfectly legitimate process. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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