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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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  • Monday, March 17, 2008 01:14 PM

    @ motherwell

    Thank you, you summed up exactly what I meant to say in far fewer words! That is the beauty of paranoia: once embraced, it relives you of ever having to think again.

    —Brian Schlosser Read Brian Schlosser's other letters

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