It's interesting how the “scientific we” is used for “we... go to the Moon”, where most folks seem to be referring to the USA? Or the subset of nations with capable space programs, excluding China? But the people writing, “we”: are they engineers working for NASA, or parroting the P.R.?
Because I personally haven't landed on the Moon, and I don't plan to, but “we” is typically assumed to include the speaker.
I'm beginning to suspect that those who perpetuate the meme of “we never landed on the Moon” are coyly defining “we” in a restrictive way that excludes the astronauts who did. “We [our family in California] never landed there!”
Cheap word-games. See also, political slogans designed to be misinterpreted and energize the base.
Because I personally haven't landed on the Moon, and I don't plan to, but “we” is typically assumed to include the speaker.
I'm beginning to suspect that those who perpetuate the meme of “we never landed on the Moon” are coyly defining “we” in a restrictive way that excludes the astronauts who did. “We [our family in California] never landed there!”
Cheap word-games. See also, political slogans designed to be misinterpreted and energize the base.