The FBI 'is manufacturing terrorism cases' on a greater scale than ever before

Re:The FBI 'is manufacturing terrorism cases' on a greater s... by revelation on Friday June 10, 2016 @10:57AM (#11876795)

Gullible, uneducated people exist. We surround ourselves in bubbles of high education and it doesn't ever occur to us that people would go along with something like that, but they are out there.

That doesn't make it okay to exploit their ignorance.

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Re:The FBI 'is manufacturing terrorism cases' on a greater s... by hackuser on Friday June 10, 2016 @11:04AM (#11876847)

> We surround ourselves in bubbles of high education and it doesn't ever occur to us that people would go along with something like that

I'd be surprised if it's tied to education. Highly educated people are are just as vulnerable, IMHO, and sometimes even more vulnerable due to their confidence in their own intellects. Many successful people I know are sure that every thought they sh-t out is made of gold. They are just vulnerable to different means of persuasion.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool. - Feynman

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Re:The FBI 'is manufacturing terrorism cases' on a greater s... by smaddox on Friday June 10, 2016 @12:16PM (#11877455)

I would have to agree that formal education is by no means a guarantee of intelligence and critical thinking skills. The latter are unfortunately much more rare.

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