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There are flaws with this model, here is an example (which would never have been revealed if the documents had not been released): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
by nickff 6y ago
There are flaws with this model, here is an example (which would never have been revealed if the documents had not been released): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killian_documents_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killian_documents_controversy
- lostlogin 6y agoI can think of others ways this sort of thing could occur, with the document being ‘real’. Some photocopiers use text recognition and so presumably just attempt a font match when printing. This has caused issues in the past and could cause this sort of confusion too (although this seems a smear attempt). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9584172 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9584172
- gorgoiler 6y agoThe article says CBS received downsampled copies. They failed to do due diligence, but they would have outed the hoax had they seen the “original” documents?
- ghaff 6y agoWell, CBS wanted a story to be true. But I assume it would have been much easier for experts to determine if something was typed a number of decades ago vs. laser printed recently. (As opposed to finding typographic discrepancies in a relatively low fidelity copy.)