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Monday, March 17, 2008 12:00 AM

How photos support your own "reality"

Why do 9/11 deniers see an alternative story in pictures of the attacks? Because we all interpret images according to our biases.

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  • Monday, March 17, 2008 08:40 AM

    JT

    This article was about how our biases color our perception of various bits of evidence.

    If that were so then why pick such a deadly serious subject which has so many unanswered questions surrounding it?

    Farhad deliberately chose a very controversial subject, knowing full well that it would attract the sort of attention it has..

    If he didn't then he damn well has no business being an online columnist because the reaction to this sort of post is as predictable as the results of dropping an anvil on your foot.

    I note that the "Coincidence theorists" have nothing to say about the utterly astounding number and quality of "coincidences" surrounding 9/11/2001.

    What people left unsaid is often far more revealing than what they say.

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