Decyphering lies (was: Re: Anthrax addendum.)

From: Amara Graps (Amara.Graps@mpi-hd.mpg.de)
Date: Mon Oct 15 2001 - 09:33:53 MDT

Alex F. Bokov:
>This raises an interesting question: how to form a rational opinion
>when most sources of information claim to be unbiased and all of them
>are biased? The US goverment lies. The enemies of the US government
>lie. The mass media is owned by like a dozen people, and what are the
>chances that they're impartial in all this?

How about a low-tech approach, like talking to the involved people
(Afghans, Muslims) directly? 

-- 

************************************************************************
Amara Graps, PhD             | Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik
Heidelberg Cosmic Dust Group | Saupfercheckweg 1
+49-6221-516-543             | 69117 Heidelberg, GERMANY
Amara.Graps@mpi-hd.mpg.de    * http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/dustgroup/~graps
************************************************************************
      "Never fight an inanimate object." - P. J. O'Rourke

This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Sat May 11 2002 - 17:44:13 MDT