And once they publish all that data, you'll be complaining that metadata in videos can be changed, images doctored, the lists aren't recorded in some blockchain or other, etc. And, while we are at it: what's to say Google Earth is accurate? The audio recordings just sound russian to you! Does the Mig actually exist, or isn't all that just Hollywood special effects to invent a reason for the F-35 to exist?
Point being: this is a good example proving how unrealistic this often-repeated HN cliché of "don't trust anyone" is. Any attempt to give self-anointed über-rational sceptics what they are asking for just results in more scepticism, kinda like any "missing link" fossil allows christian fundamentalists to argue that there are now two missing links.
The difference is that the Times is proclaiming a fact (“How We Proved...”), not saying “our investigation concludes that is it very likely Russia was behind the attacks.” Considering the Times’ past pushing of Anti-Russian narratives, they need to have actual evidence if they want to avoid skepticism.
> And once they publish all that data, you'll be complaining that metadata in videos can be changed, images doctored, the lists aren't recorded in some blockchain or other, etc
I will be able to check it and have my own conclusions, if I'd like to.
There were already comments in this chain that there is no word "Srabota" in Russian. It should be either "Srabotalo" or "Srabotala". I'm native Russian and Ukrainian speaker, so hearing the record could convince or unconvince me.
> Any attempt to give self-anointed über-rational sceptics what they are asking for just results in more scepticism, kinda like any "missing link" fossil allows christian fundamentalists to argue that there are now two missing links.
Of course I should trust the Book without doubts, it has everything written in in it, and it's the Truth! That's what you mean?
Point being: this is a good example proving how unrealistic this often-repeated HN cliché of "don't trust anyone" is. Any attempt to give self-anointed über-rational sceptics what they are asking for just results in more scepticism, kinda like any "missing link" fossil allows christian fundamentalists to argue that there are now two missing links.