TOK: Eyewitness Testimony

Hey guys! This is Ire. It's been quite a long time that I did not post a single post :) Guess what! I'm back to post a interesting article that might allows the readers to create a Knowledge claim + question! (depends on first/second orders). I'll be giving you guys my individual knowledge works! Feel free to think about this article by yourselves!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/07/20/why-do-people-believe-the-moon-landing-hoax-or-other-conspiracy-theories/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e25b3f2eecad



KC: How can researchers prove that Moon-landing wasn't fake to ones who believe the conspiracy theory?
- The article provides the expert's solid and explicit strategies in order to substantiate that Moon-landing was true.

KQ: To what extent does the rejection and hardship can intensify the individual's reliance on the intuition within conspiracy theory?

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