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by jazzyjackson
2850 days ago
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I have this notion that surrounding a subject with basket case conspiracy theories would be a good way to get people not to take it seriously :) Of course, there's many feedback loops that allow believers to have their beliefs bolstered by negations. |
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Indeed, it would. A lot of clever people have discussed the issue of disinfo & FUD, you might wish to:
* Watch this talk from FOSDEM '14 by Poul-Henning Kamp [Contextually, one important tidbit to keep in mind while watching it: At the time phk gave the talk, the heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL wasn't yet known!]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwcl17Q0bpk
* and, perhaps, read these two blog posts, but tread carefully with those two, as, unlike the above video, the below edges MOST dangerously close to basket case conspiracy theory territory - arguably, it doesn't get there, but I can definitely say that if one slips while looking into the below, one'll immediately end up in basket case territory:
https://squamuglia.wordpress.com/2017/04/16/67/
https://squamuglia.wordpress.com/2017/04/22/yes-kids-cookie-...
However, having said this & pointed out all of the above, before going down any of the above lanes, keep something else in mind:
1. Take a look at when some of these links got first published online. Multi-decade gap vs. original date of publication. Something unfortunately still the norm for a lot of old(er) scientific/academic literature.
2. Most of Frey's original papers from the 60s are still behind a HARD paywall. Again, unfortunately still the norm for a lot of old(er) scientific/academic literature.
3. The whole classified Radar tech research aspect of it (This whole avenue of research got started out when radar techs in the 60s started complaining about headaches when working in front of big damn radar dishes!)