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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 11:08 AM

    Clearly it's more plausible

    That hundreds if not thousands of people all cooperate to take the world's biggest secret with them to the grave, in this interconnected electronic instant-on world we live in, than any other possible explanation.

    I also believe it's more plausible that time traveling space aliens built the pyramids as opposed to an absolute monarchical society with ready access to a nearly limitless supply of free labor.

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