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    8 months ago

    So in other words, very plausible deniability.

    https://allthatsinteresting.com/heart-attack-gun

    We had that tech in 1968. I’m pretty sure it would be a matter of a phone call and some change from the couch cushions for Boeing to create the recent outcome.

    Does this mean they did it? No.

    Does it warrant the reaction folks are having about it? Absolutely yes. (Edit - In light of their current troubles and the fate of the prior whistleblower.)

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        8 months ago

        From the article:

        All that would be left behind was a tiny red dot where the dart entered the body, undetectable to those who didn’t know to look for it.

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        They may have ironed that out, this article is talking about tech that is more than half a century old. We got from first aeroplane to man on the moon in less than that.

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        Does this mean they did it? No.

        Does it warrant the reaction folks are having about it? Absolutely yes. (Edit - In light of their current troubles and the fate of the prior whistleblower.)

        I stand by that statement, and don’t feel like trying again to connect the dots on the relevancy of my example for you. Whatever you are arguing about is - not the same.