[Discuss] Secret Police

[Anthony Cerqueira]

On 5/23/08, Tom Vogt <tom at lemuria.org> wrote:
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> Am 22.05.2008 um 19:30 schrieb Anthony Cerqueira:
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> > John P. Murphy wrote:
> > > It *should* be.  WAY too many rulers treat secret police reports as
> > > solid iron-clad evidence, based on the out-of-character belief that
> > > it's always true.
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> > > John
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> > As the belief goes: "The engine does not lie, it is the only truth."
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> The engine doesn't lie, but it does simulate unreliability. Scout
> reports don't show exact troop numbers, for example.
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> And yes, the secret police can be wrong. It is fairly reliable, but
> not 100%. And it can be wrong in both direction - a guilty guy can be
> reported back as clean and an innocent one as guilty.


That maybe but it's amazing what people will believe is true because the
engine said it. ;-)
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