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> Meanwhile, all these people who have never examined the patients keep speculating the opposite. Color me skeptical. You are poisoning the well, since the art
by okl 8y ago
> Meanwhile, all these people who have never examined the patients keep speculating the opposite. Color me skeptical.
You are poisoning the well, since the article even says
> That’s not to say that the diplomats weren’t attacked, the scientists added — only that the recording is not of a sonic weapon, as had been suggested.
- abnry 8y agoWell, the article headline says otherwise. Which is typical of media headlines.
- okl 8y agoThe headline doesn't say that the victims did not suffer injuries.
- oldgradstudent 8y agoNo it doesn't. It says the sound was crickets. There were symptoms, and there was a sound. It was assumed that post hoc ergo propter hoc - the sound was the cause of the symptoms. This was always a strong hypothesis without real evidence to back it up.