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(sorry for the late reply) Perhaps somewhat, but not really. I read the word 'people' in the sense of 'some group' instead of 'any single person.' In other w
by dhimes 13y ago
(sorry for the late reply)
Perhaps somewhat, but not really. I read the word 'people' in the sense of 'some group' instead of 'any single person.' In other words, 'people now know that eggs aren't bad for you' doesn't mean that every single person has learned this, just that the knowledge is in the generally accepted body of knowledge and those with business or interest in nutrition know it. At least that's how I read it.
- pyre 13y agoBut if a person does not know that the NSA is doing this (and possibly would tell you that they aren't doing it, were you to ask), then is that person being intellectually dishonest in acting like this knowledge is new to everyone? I think that leveling a claim of intellectual dishonesty at someone who thinks that everyone else was as ignorant as they were is a bit harsh, and sort of inflammatory. I think that most people would reasonably believe that if there were such strong signals that the NSA was doing this it would be closer to public knowledge than it was.
- dhimes 13y agoI don't mean to drag this on forever, but I read the comment differently- as I said in the reply linked below. In short, that person isn't being intellectually dishonest. But the organizations who did know better and are pretending otherwise are. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6796335 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6796335