>> It is incredibly hard to get to the truths of these things,
> What are you a sock puppet?
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In addition to that, saying "It is incredibly hard to get to the truths of these things" is hardly a convincing argument that an account is a sock puppet, which I'm defining as "A pseudonymous online identity adopted to further the user's real-life interests or to agree with sentiments the user has already expressed online." (per Wordnik)
What are you a sock puppet? Everyone knows about deniable ops in the Special Forces world, assassinations are not something new, what makes you think Edward Snowden isnt telling the truth?
Personally I dont think he's exposed that much, but then he may not have been in the thick end of it.
Just read some of the stuff published by ex-military, and if you were a kid growing up around those sort of people, you probably got to hear about it.
The vast majority of the population, less than 1% are like Mother Theresa, which means _everyone_ _has_ _secrets_ and today, science can extract those secrets against your will without you even knowing.
AI detecting subconscious bias in judges https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/17/18186674/daniel-chen-mach... is just the tip of the iceberg.
> the media outlets spinning it in their own ways (based on who donates to them and who owns them) makes it even harder
Even journalists & news organisations including state broadcasters dont realise, they are giving away secrets at the subconscious level. There will come a point when they want to shut up shop because of what they are implicated in.
AI is an arm's race that has no boundaries, and the winner takes it all!