Re:The Consensus on Havana Syndrome Is Cracking
by vkou on Sunday January 12, 2025 @08:46PM
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> a hidden mind ray targeting random 10 people a day in a big city and you’ll get a lot of panic,
You'll get just as much panic by having friendly press start pretending that this is happening.
A significant portion of the population does not have a working bullshit filter, and will believe all sorts of stupid garbage.
You don't actually need to build a child trafficking ring in the basement of a pizza shop, you just need to tell people that one exists and tens of millions of people will believe you.
And in this case, your side business of selling ubermensch supplements and tinfoil helmets will be cracking.
You'll get just as much panic by having friendly press start pretending that this is happening.
A significant portion of the population does not have a working bullshit filter, and will believe all sorts of stupid garbage.
You don't actually need to build a child trafficking ring in the basement of a pizza shop, you just need to tell people that one exists and tens of millions of people will believe you.
And in this case, your side business of selling ubermensch supplements and tinfoil helmets will be cracking.