Philosophy: The Moon Landing

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I assumed philosophy was dead, but that was before I had a better understanding of what philosophy is used for; asking big questions and creatively arguing ideas. I believe people too often associate the discipline of philosophy with learning about the history of its founders: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Revisiting history usually leads to a severe decline in people’s attention, therefore making philosophy as a whole much more difficult to take an interest in. It would also be easy to assume that since many scientific and technological advances have been made since our Greek philosophers were questioning everything, people no longer need philosophy to find their answers. However the opposite couldn’t be more true in both aspects. Philosophy …show more content…
I’d hate to be wrong about this, but I’d like to think the government keeps itself busy enough where they wouldn’t have time to create such a hoax. “People believe NASA fabricated the landings to trump their Soviet rivals and fulfill President Kennedy's goal...” (Griggs, 2009) After facing many government scandals, it would be understandable why many people would be distrustful. But to persist the moon landing was fake? That’s taking it a bit too far. The Apollo 11 landing was said to unite the nation when everything seemed to be falling apart. From destructive riots, the Vietnam War, and healing from heart-breaking assassinations, people felt lost. Then man landed on the moon, and a sense of confidence was restored. “The legacy of Apollo is, if you set your mind to do something, get everybody together and everybody agrees we should accomplish it, and then we go ahead, it became something we all could be proud of,” (Lovell, 2014 panel discussion at NASA's Kennedy Space …show more content…
Apparently, 16.4 million beleive sugary, chocolatey, chilled goodness comes straight out of a brown cow. This is too many conversations happening with too many head nods that I’m comfortable with. Cecily Upton, co-founder FoodCorps says “At the end of the day, it’s an exposure issue. Right now, we’re conditioned to think that if you need food, you go to the store. Nothing in our educational framework teaches kids where food comes from before that point.” I may not know a lot about our educational system, but it may help society along if we teach kids somewhere in the beginning; 1+1=2, blue and yellow makes green, and chocolate milk doesn’t come from brown
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