Bomb at Boston Marathon



dchuk said:
We're all guilty of this to some extent, but I wasn't pointing anything at you in this specific discussion, just clarifying what was trying to be said from earlier in the thread.
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I no you weren't, I was just curious if that was the perception. Either way its a good observation. Overcoming preconceived biases is probably why we are so damn stubborn .

dchuk said:
All the time, they're just crowdsourcing censorship duties because they can't possibly manage that on their own. They mean controversy in the sense of "parents don't want their kids seeing this" not "this could be a smoking gun video" sense.
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You see that screen all the time? Do you watch a lot of "controversial" YT videos?

jryan21 said:
"It's the first time I've seen it, so is it the first time all have seen it?"
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If "con" is the opposite of "pro," does that mean that "Congress" is the opposite of "progress"?
 
maybenot said:
dchuk - as far as I can tell - also understands that we are conditioned to see patterns that aren't really there, since we have evolved to be excellent with pattern recognition (too good) but terrible with biases and statistics. When you see something like a family guy video and its link to a bombing, you are unaware of the millions of other events which are not related, and therefore you don't understand that it is likely that out of all the variables in a given situation, there will be one or two which 'stand out' to your mind. In reality, they are almost inevitable.

As a simple example, imagine you play pool regularly. You're not bad and you play a few rounds a day. One day you go to the pool hall and you play a shot where you pot half the balls in one go. This seems incredible. Except it's not - it's a very probable result after playing a few rounds a day for a year. Basically it's a bell curve - given enough input, you will see outputs at each extreme at a certain frequency.

The truly weird thing, would be if you didn't see those extremes every x times. That is what could indicate something is not right!

Christ I'm not explaining myself well. Maybe dchuck can do better.
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Well put, most people will never grasp these biases we have and how they influence us.
 
"The pressurized cooker should be placed in crowded areas and left to blow up. More than one of these could be planted to explode at the same time. However, keep in mind that the range of the shrapnel in this operation is short range so the pressurized cooker or pipe should be placed close to the intended targets and should not be concealed from them by barriers such as walls."
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New issue of magazine offers jihadists terror tips - CNN.com
 
STOP!
1. COVER YOUR MOUTH WITH YOUR HAND.
2. WHISPER YOUR WISH INTO YOUR HAND.
3. POST THIS ONTO TEN OTHER WF THREADS.
4. NOW LOOK AT YOUR HAND.

I am not kidding this actually works!
 
I felt inspired...

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...to put my cock on a clock

The bomb is set for 3' ocock
 
Please do not post that jihadist bullshit on WF. The last thing we want is some crazed terrorist thinking he has a home on WF.
 
dmnEPC said:
Please do not post that jihadist bullshit on WF. The last thing we want is some crazed terrorist thinking he has a home on WF.
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I actually welcome the idiot who tries to make a homemade bomb from a Wickedfire infographic.

Trolls don't need hands.
 
Hittin CNN right now:

Law enforcement authorities are reporting that they may have identified a possible suspect in the Boston Bombings using a video analysis supplied by a Lord & Taylor’s department store near the site of the bombing.

The critical details of the story have yet to be released but CNN’s John King is reporting that the FBI will be holding a news briefing shortly.

CNN is withholding a detailed description of the suspect at the moment, stopping at describing the suspect only as a “dark-skinned individual” because other details are sensitive to investigation.

Additional video footage supplied from a TV station is also said to have helped in making a clear identification of the suspect according to CNN.

The Lord and Taylor’s department store is located at 760 Boylston Street in Boston and located across the street from the location of the second bombing.
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