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Re:Steve Ballmer serves up a data trove about government spe... by akinalci on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @12:53AM (#14136578)
> but I'm very worried about what actually comes out of it given the media landscape

We've seen recently that some people believe what they want to believe, regardless of facts. This doesn't mean the rest of us should be deprived of facts, or that we should throw our hands up and give up on seeking the truth.

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Re:Steve Ballmer serves up a data trove about government spe... by taurath on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @02:24AM (#14136882)
Not saying we should give up, but only saying that the truth doesn't matter unless the conditions for it to be useful exist. A Russian bureaucrat kicks your dog? It doesn't matter what the truth is if nothing can come of it.
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Re:Steve Ballmer serves up a data trove about government spe... by akinalci on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @06:30PM (#14152385)
Access to the truth is perhaps the most basic prerequisite condition for it being useful. Once access is cut off, no other conditions matter.
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