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Why would anyone want him dead? I don't think anyone cared about him that much.

by dntrkv 5y ago

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weare138 5y ago
This. The guy was just some drug-addled tech industry has been that shilled crypto scams and dodged his taxes. I think all those bathsalts were making him paranoid.
boomboomsubban 5y ago
If people had reason to kill him, it would likely be that he knew scandalous information. The public wouldn't really know that people cared about him or what that information was. I have no idea if McAfee had such knowledge, but "I don't know any reason why someone would kill him" doesn't mean much.
- bena 5y ago
  What he knows is immaterial though. Whatever McAfee would "reveal" would just be his word. Which isn't great. Unless he knows how to obtain evidence of things, what he "knows" is just rambling. Movies have instilled in us this notion that simply knowing something is good enough. It's not. Let's pretend for a second that McAfee knew that certain public figures were, without a doubt, 100%, Satanic pedophile lizard people or whatever the flavor of the month panic is. If his only proof of this is that he saw Person X devour a live baby while molesting children in the basement of a pizza parlor, it's kind of meaningless. It's not much better than just saying you know it because you believe it really strongly. The information he would have to know would be specific to uncover something in a way that people could actually act on that information. Otherwise, it's like what Bill Murray whispered in my ear after he painted my house last night, "No one will ever believe you".
  - boomboomsubban 5y ago
    It's not impossible that his word could provide evidence, he may know where (possibly metaphorical) bodies are buried.
    - bena 5y ago
      His word alone? No. It would have to be words to the effect that it would tell people where to look for actual evidence.
      - boomboomsubban 5y ago
        Yes, that's why I specified he may "know where the bodies are buried."
    - dragonwriter 5y ago
      > It's not impossible that his word could provide evidence, he may know where (possibly metaphorical) bodies are buried. Yes, and even if not, testimony alone is evidence, even if it doesn't lead to other evidence. It may or may not be evidence that a trier of fact views as credible or sufficient on its own to meet the applicable standard of proof, but it is evidence.
    - CRConrad 5y ago
      > he may know where (possibly metaphorical) bodies are buried. Because founding and running an anti-virus company for a while gets you invited to all the big shots' murder rampages...? Was he ever even a largish campaign contributor, or anything that might have got him hobnobbing with (people that later turned into) The Powers That Be? I've never heard anything such about him; have you?
      - boomboomsubban 5y ago
        I'll repeat myself by saying "I have no idea if McAfee had such knowledge." You just can't say he didn't have some knowledge because you are unaware of any important information or connections he had.

Why would anyone want him dead? I don't think anyone cared about him that much.

by dntrkv 5y ago

Why would anyone want him dead? I don't think anyone cared about him that much.

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weare138 5y ago

This. The guy was just some drug-addled tech industry has been that shilled crypto scams and dodged his taxes. I think all those bathsalts were making him paranoid.

boomboomsubban 5y ago

If people had reason to kill him, it would likely be that he knew scandalous information. The public wouldn't really know that people cared about him or what that information was. I have no idea if McAfee had such knowledge, but "I don't know any reason why someone would kill him" doesn't mean much.

bena 5y ago
What he knows is immaterial though. Whatever McAfee would "reveal" would just be his word. Which isn't great. Unless he knows how to obtain evidence of things, what he "knows" is just rambling. Movies have instilled in us this notion that simply knowing something is good enough. It's not. Let's pretend for a second that McAfee knew that certain public figures were, without a doubt, 100%, Satanic pedophile lizard people or whatever the flavor of the month panic is. If his only proof of this is that he saw Person X devour a live baby while molesting children in the basement of a pizza parlor, it's kind of meaningless. It's not much better than just saying you know it because you believe it really strongly. The information he would have to know would be specific to uncover something in a way that people could actually act on that information. Otherwise, it's like what Bill Murray whispered in my ear after he painted my house last night, "No one will ever believe you".
- boomboomsubban 5y ago
  It's not impossible that his word could provide evidence, he may know where (possibly metaphorical) bodies are buried.
  - bena 5y ago
    His word alone? No. It would have to be words to the effect that it would tell people where to look for actual evidence.
    - boomboomsubban 5y ago
      Yes, that's why I specified he may "know where the bodies are buried."
  - dragonwriter 5y ago
    > It's not impossible that his word could provide evidence, he may know where (possibly metaphorical) bodies are buried. Yes, and even if not, testimony alone is evidence, even if it doesn't lead to other evidence. It may or may not be evidence that a trier of fact views as credible or sufficient on its own to meet the applicable standard of proof, but it is evidence.
  - CRConrad 5y ago
    > he may know where (possibly metaphorical) bodies are buried. Because founding and running an anti-virus company for a while gets you invited to all the big shots' murder rampages...? Was he ever even a largish campaign contributor, or anything that might have got him hobnobbing with (people that later turned into) The Powers That Be? I've never heard anything such about him; have you?
    - boomboomsubban 5y ago
      I'll repeat myself by saying "I have no idea if McAfee had such knowledge." You just can't say he didn't have some knowledge because you are unaware of any important information or connections he had.