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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.
By Farhad Manjoo

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  • Tuesday, March 18, 2008 09:04 PM

    Cessna 172 vs Boeing 757

    Here is the cockpit of a 757

    http://www.airliners.net/photo/Avianca/Boeing-757-236/1316241/L/

    And here is the cockpit of a Cessna 172, the one Hanjour could "barely control".

    http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Cessna-172N/1336846/L/

    No problem, easy peasy, just a few hours in a simulator, a few thousand pounds of the "more powerful and explosive" aviation fuel and you are ready to change the world!

    —Bill Owen Read Bill Owen's other letters

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