Spoiler: A story about one of the most ridiculous conversations I've ever had on the internet
So a few months ago, I'm looking at my newsfeed and see a post from the page "I fucking love science" about NASA's latest "what if" design for a warp drive. Thinking it's cool after I read the article, I share it. Less than a minute later, an acquaintance I met through a Facebook game comments "fake".
Well, okay, then. I did what I needed to in order to confirm that it was real and believable to me, but we're all entitled to our opinion. I let it slide.
Later that week, the IFLS page posts a roundup of breakthroughs and such of the week, and the warp drive story is included. All of the articles this particular week are interesting, so I repost that one. This acquaintance, again, within a minute, shows up and says that she believes that article to be fake. I'm thinking to myself, fine, but you already posted that you think it's fake and I ignored it then, so this time I engaged. The following conversation then occurred.
Her: Pretty sure the Warp Drive one is a fake.
Me: No, it isn't. NASA has a page about it on its site.
Her: It could be a fake redirect.. because why isn't my dash flooded with stuff on it? I'm a Trekkie and it would definitely be the hottest topic on the net right now. There's a lot official looking NASA fake sites out there.
Me: It isn't a fake redirect. Google "nasa warp drive" and nasa.org is right at the top of the list. Unless you've got a source that says it's fake? snopes.com has nothing on it and the only hits on google are actual articles.
Me: nasa.gov. Pardon.
Her: Still not going to trust it until see it on my dash. I take the Mulder approach to life.
Me: Okay, but actual rocket scientists > sci fi fans (and I say this as a Trekkie myself, lol). Enough science websites have posted about it (as I said, including NASA themselves) that I believe it isn't fake.
Her: But the picture looks like a fake sci-fi film... not an actual reality... so yeah... pardon me for not even trusting NASA on this.
Me: That's fine, but unless you have a reputable source debunking NASA.gov, I WILL believe it. You can stop posting that it's fake on my page. :p
She unfriended me immediately after that.
Well, okay, then. I did what I needed to in order to confirm that it was real and believable to me, but we're all entitled to our opinion. I let it slide.
Later that week, the IFLS page posts a roundup of breakthroughs and such of the week, and the warp drive story is included. All of the articles this particular week are interesting, so I repost that one. This acquaintance, again, within a minute, shows up and says that she believes that article to be fake. I'm thinking to myself, fine, but you already posted that you think it's fake and I ignored it then, so this time I engaged. The following conversation then occurred.
Her: Pretty sure the Warp Drive one is a fake.
Me: No, it isn't. NASA has a page about it on its site.
Her: It could be a fake redirect.. because why isn't my dash flooded with stuff on it? I'm a Trekkie and it would definitely be the hottest topic on the net right now. There's a lot official looking NASA fake sites out there.
Me: It isn't a fake redirect. Google "nasa warp drive" and nasa.org is right at the top of the list. Unless you've got a source that says it's fake? snopes.com has nothing on it and the only hits on google are actual articles.
Me: nasa.gov. Pardon.
Her: Still not going to trust it until see it on my dash. I take the Mulder approach to life.
Me: Okay, but actual rocket scientists > sci fi fans (and I say this as a Trekkie myself, lol). Enough science websites have posted about it (as I said, including NASA themselves) that I believe it isn't fake.
Her: But the picture looks like a fake sci-fi film... not an actual reality... so yeah... pardon me for not even trusting NASA on this.
Me: That's fine, but unless you have a reputable source debunking NASA.gov, I WILL believe it. You can stop posting that it's fake on my page. :p
She unfriended me immediately after that.
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) After passing a couple of the fast food places, I then think to myself, "Eh. I'm tired. Let me find my gate first and call my husband to let him know I'm here. Then food and shotglass."