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Relevant Snopes article: http://www.snopes.com/do-sonic-weapons-explain-the-health-diplomats-cuba/ http://www.snopes.com/do-sonic-weapons-explain-the-health-di.

Relevant Snopes article: http://www.snopes.com/do-sonic-weapons-explain-the-health-diplomats-cuba/ http://www.snopes.com/do-sonic-weapons-explain-the-health-di...

deathhand 9y ago
>trust by verify Snopes has been around as long as I have been on the internet. Their DNS whois is protected. Who are they? The links/sources in this article don't really prove that Sonic weapons are ineffective. They go back to non-weapons research.(the US government has created such weapons have been proven effective[1]) I want to trust but I cannot verify that their claims are true(that these claims are false) [1] https://gizmodo.com/what-is-the-lrad-sound-cannon-5860592 https://gizmodo.com/what-is-the-lrad-sound-cannon-5860592
- losteric 9y ago
  > Snopes has been around as long as I have been on the internet. Their DNS whois is protected. Who are they? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snopes.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snopes.com
- EvanAnderson 9y ago
  WIRED published an article about Snopes (mainly focusing on conflict between the founders) just a few days ago: https://www.wired.com/story/snopes-and-the-search-for-facts-in-a-post-fact-world/ https://www.wired.com/story/snopes-and-the-search-for-facts-...
  - deathhand 9y ago
    Thank you! I never knew.
- yasp 9y ago
  > who are they? https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/12/22/the-daily-mail-snopes-story-and-fact-checking-the-fact-checkers/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/12/22/the-dai... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4042194/Facebook-fact-checker-arbitrate-fake-news-accused-defrauding-website-pay-prostitutes-staff-includes-escort-porn-star-Vice-Vixen-domme.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4042194/Facebook-fac...
- cpeterso 9y ago
  Curiously, Snopes does not offer HTTPS: https://www.snopes.com/ https://www.snopes.com/
partiallypro 9y ago
While it probably isn't a "sonic weapon," I'm not sure how Snopes has authority to disprove it when they have no classified information on the topic or know much about what is going on there in general outside of reports the media has. It doesn't seem anyone but the U.S. government and who ever is perpetrating this (if anyone) has any idea what or why this is happening.

Relevant Snopes article: http://www.snopes.com/do-sonic-weapons-explain-the-health-diplomats-cuba/ http://www.snopes.com/do-sonic-weapons-explain-the-health-di...

deathhand 9y ago

>trust by verify Snopes has been around as long as I have been on the internet. Their DNS whois is protected. Who are they? The links/sources in this article don't really prove that Sonic weapons are ineffective. They go back to non-weapons research.(the US government has created such weapons have been proven effective[1]) I want to trust but I cannot verify that their claims are true(that these claims are false) [1] https://gizmodo.com/what-is-the-lrad-sound-cannon-5860592 https://gizmodo.com/what-is-the-lrad-sound-cannon-5860592

losteric 9y ago
> Snopes has been around as long as I have been on the internet. Their DNS whois is protected. Who are they? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snopes.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snopes.com
EvanAnderson 9y ago
WIRED published an article about Snopes (mainly focusing on conflict between the founders) just a few days ago: https://www.wired.com/story/snopes-and-the-search-for-facts-in-a-post-fact-world/ https://www.wired.com/story/snopes-and-the-search-for-facts-...
- deathhand 9y ago
  Thank you! I never knew.
yasp 9y ago
> who are they? https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/12/22/the-daily-mail-snopes-story-and-fact-checking-the-fact-checkers/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/12/22/the-dai... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4042194/Facebook-fact-checker-arbitrate-fake-news-accused-defrauding-website-pay-prostitutes-staff-includes-escort-porn-star-Vice-Vixen-domme.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4042194/Facebook-fac...
cpeterso 9y ago
Curiously, Snopes does not offer HTTPS: https://www.snopes.com/ https://www.snopes.com/

partiallypro 9y ago

While it probably isn't a "sonic weapon," I'm not sure how Snopes has authority to disprove it when they have no classified information on the topic or know much about what is going on there in general outside of reports the media has. It doesn't seem anyone but the U.S. government and who ever is perpetrating this (if anyone) has any idea what or why this is happening.