200,000 times this experiment has been repeated in an attempt to explain the luminescence of the moon.

The hypothesis is:
If the moon is reflecting the sun's light, then the temperature difference between moonlight and moonshade would either show moonlight to be equal to moonshade or warmer.

The actuality is:
Moonlight is significantly colder than moonshade, and magnified moonlight is even colder than that.

No single halfassed YouTube video "experiment" in and of itself proves anything, but the sheer number of recreations gives some validity to the bizarre results.

I have an understanding of thermodynamics and what we understand of them is incompatible with this experiment I have myself exemplified.

Typically when science doesn't add up, universities or government research groups step up, since they have formal training in how to conduct such an experiment in a reasonably controlled fashion.

Unfortunately 2 years after this was presented, no formally trained "scientist" will touch it.

Even more ufortunate, the 8+ years of science class in public education is somehow inadequate to understand basic scientific method, according to my peers and the critics of this phenomenon.

It is my goal to conduct this experiment in a way that isn't dismissed immediately by people who claim to love science.

So if you're interested in how the universe works and you know how to do sciencey stuff, please let me know what you'd have to see in the procedures to "trust" the results of this experiment that I am prepared to execute again.

Set up two thermometers out in the open with identical conditions, with no wind or other effects that can significantly affect temperature. Wait for them to reach ambient temperature and show that it's the same. Now set up a mirror (or a couple, if needed to create a noticeable effect) to reflect moonlight on one of the thermometers, thus magnifying the moonlight it receives. Show that the temperature reading dropped for it, but not the other one. Tilt the mirrors so that they now illuminate the other thermometer. Show that it now reads a lower temperature, while the other thermometer warms up back to ambient.

Easy to perform, don't need any special equipment, and it would certainly pique my interest and would convince me to repeat it myself to validate the results.

as a person who is supposed to know (at least on a practical level) the ins and outs of heat removal, i say this from the bottom of my heart, dafuq?