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I'd rather intel analysts have some cognitive dissonance than have absolute certainty they are always justified in their actions.
by ANH 13y ago
I'd rather intel analysts have some cognitive dissonance than have absolute certainty they are always justified in their actions.
- walshemj 13y agoUnlike a lot of HN commentators who blindly follow the herd (i expect to get a ton a dv's for that)
- jessedhillon 13y agoSeriously, you can't win. Here you have an actual former NSA employee giving a first-hand account of his time there -- and not only his account doubted for no reason other than failure-to-comply with known-biases and unverifiable journalism, but some guy is now providing psychological analysis of him as well! Some know-nothing armchair psychologist who read the NYT is telling this guy -- who has made an honest effort to be utterly transparent -- that he's cognitively dissonant and that comment is going to receive a hundred votes because it makes people feel good about the things they think they know. It's not truth, just an exercise in mass delusion.