“The moon landings were NOT faked, you unutterable dolt!”
“How can you be so sure?”
“Because of what happened next. You don’t hobble a space program that can get canned primates to Luna and back on vapour and string by ACCIDENT. That took planning and skill!”
“I don’t follow…”
“You know how Clarke said there are two equally terrifying prospects: that we are alone in the universe, or that we are not?”
“Yeah…”
“Well what if we found out both are true, with the right tenses”