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I suppose the thing I find most interesting is the number of hours and resources that were actually assigned to these projects, they must have convinced at leas
by King-Aaron 6y ago
I suppose the thing I find most interesting is the number of hours and resources that were actually assigned to these projects, they must have convinced at least somebody in the ranks of the perceived viability of these 'inventions'.
- api 6y agoIt's also possible that some of this kind of stuff is a psyop to convince adversaries that we have "scary sci-fi technology."
- King-Aaron 6y agoMore and more I'm thinking this might be the case, as someone else mentioned below, 'you don't get real secrets through FOI requests'
- jetrink 6y agoIf that's the case, why assign all the patents to the same individual? Each additional implausible claim just serves to discredit the others by making him look more like a crackpot.
- behringer 6y agoHaving worked with many people in government, I can guarantee you he's just a crackpot making his living off government payroll.
- TigeriusKirk 6y agoSo following this line of thought, if a bunch of HNer's can see through it, why couldn't a nation state?
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoA nation-state has to take it much more seriously, because they have a much bigger downside if it's actually true.
- King-Aaron 6y agoTo be fair, if there's a weapon in the works that can manipulate the fabric of spacetime, we probably all share that same downside if its true :P
- willis936 6y agoThis psyop narrative never rings true to me. Not knowing why con artists are successful in the military is something that still eludes me. There are crazy and real things that the military does, so why are there crazy and fake things? You don’t have to look hard to see the crazy and real things. Here are some highlights. https://www.npr.org/2020/12/06/943531538/microwave-radiation-most-plausible-cause-of-diplomats-ailments-report-says https://www.npr.org/2020/12/06/943531538/microwave-radiation... https://www.npr.org/2019/09/09/758989641/the-cias-secret-quest-for-mind-control-torture-lsd-and-a-poisoner-in-chief https://www.npr.org/2019/09/09/758989641/the-cias-secret-que...
- nradov 6y agoMilitary leaders aren't immune to con artists. Elizabeth Holmes convinced several retired flag officers to join the Theranos board of directors. And they got some small military contracts before the fraud was exposed. https://www.businessinsider.com/theranos-former-board-members-henry-kissinger-george-shultz-james-mattis-2019-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/theranos-former-board-member...
- jjcon 6y agoMilitaries have a long history of moon shot type endeavors - 50 years ago most of it was around physic abilities, today it is at least a bit more scientific, albeit fringe.