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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 02:03 PM

    @ motherwell

    Elegant point, motherwell. Such chains of thought may on rare occasions be accurate, but when they are, the accuracy is the result of accident, not thinking.

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