Whenever we hear such unsubstantiated, and unsubstantiatable, speculation of "what the terrorists are doing now that should cause FUD", we usually just laugh. Terrorists, in Second Life? You have got to be kidding.
Sometimes, though, we pause, consider the speculation, and some of us sometimes even buy it. And those speculations seem to make it to the mainstream news, creating FUD there. But when we howl at these howlers (sorry, had to, Harry Potter is still on the brain), derisively mock them for their illogic and their lack of evidence, these speculations nearly always die.
Causal link? Probably not. But there's still a correlation. And if I can laugh this sort of stuff into silence, and get back to some real progress (in society, in technology, in science) and some real news, all the better.
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Whenever we hear such unsubstantiated, and unsubstantiatable, speculation of "what the terrorists are doing now that should cause FUD", we usually just laugh. Terrorists, in Second Life? You have got to be kidding.
Sometimes, though, we pause, consider the speculation, and some of us sometimes even buy it. And those speculations seem to make it to the mainstream news, creating FUD there. But when we howl at these howlers (sorry, had to, Harry Potter is still on the brain), derisively mock them for their illogic and their lack of evidence, these speculations nearly always die.
Causal link? Probably not. But there's still a correlation. And if I can laugh this sort of stuff into silence, and get back to some real progress (in society, in technology, in science) and some real news, all the better.
*kicked* *applauase*
Ah, but as a straight female who is also a gamer? No thanks.
Or even that all gamers are straight, desperate men/boys. *offers the industry a cluex4