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Telegram CEO calls out rival Signal, claiming it has ties to US government (www.theregister.com)

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[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Edward Snowden Is NOT a security expert. Snowden was a NSA contractor. I repeat, Snowden is NOT a security expert.

so if he claims anything is secure, I will believe him unconditionally

This is how you know the brain has rotten and become a slick turd.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is how you know the brain has rotten and become a slick turd.

Agreed. Making it a contest of "this talking head seems smarter" means exactly that.

Try explaining that to normies though. They don't want to understand shit, and they want to think they are safe without understanding shit. That this is impossible they just don't want to believe, because they don't understand shit.

[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I absolutely aim to challenge this kind of crap. If I leave, I doubt there will be people who will do it consistently. People want to follow X, Y and Z cults but not A, B and C cults, and think they are rational. Rationalists can come up with the most irrational nonsense, which is why they are not rational.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago

That you can't do something well or at all without understanding it is philosophy. Philosophy is weak in the sense that it exists on the same level as aesthetics or instincts. So it's fighting instinct in a system built to make crowd management through instinct convenient, - in disadvantaged position.

Also NT people like to champion their stupidest ideas as a banner to assemble under. Stupidest exactly to exclude any rational reason, so that only the feeling of community would remain.

They don't always say what they mean. They might say "this thing is better", but what they mean is "I'm with the group which distinguishes itself by support for this thing, don't be against us".