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Friday, September 26, 2008, 07:00 PM: Truthiness and Agnotology

Does the massive increase in communications, brought about by cable and satellite television, and, especially, the internet, help us find truth? Or does it help spread doubt, confusion, lies, mythology, crackpot conspiracy theories, and the like? As internet bandwidth continues its upward spiral into the future, what should we expect in the future?

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Enron emails inspire GCHQ spooks

Geeks at GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters), the UK's spook-infested listening station, are using the infamous Enron email trail to develop software that will monitor people's emails and stop them sending incriminating or confidential messages. The team would be processing the 500,000 emails in corpus Enron. "We've got the capability to leak out all our organisation's secrets through email. So how can you stop that happening?"

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