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How do we know what she says is true? I mean, I think it's true, solely based on the things I know about China's surveillance... But it does not mean we should
by adamsvystun 9y ago
How do we know what she says is true?
I mean, I think it's true, solely based on the things I know about China's surveillance... But it does not mean we should just take this tweet as a fact...
- peterwwillis 9y agoYou're right, this is a tweet about part of a conversation where not even the author knows what the other party knew. For example, it could be the author PM'd another journalist about an event, and the 3rd party then posted it publicly. Or they just ratted her out to the feds. Who knows?
- mfringel 9y agoHow do we know what she says is false? How do we know that she is a person? How do we know that China is a country? How do we know what a tweet is? You're right. There are many assumptions we can make here. Can you say why you chose that particular point of abstraction?