15-12-2009, 05:24 PM
For the record (John can edit this out of his post, but that would be silly), first use was here:
PsyOps are a slippery thing, open to a lot of definitions, from influencing opinion to deception to whatever. I have to admit that their complexity precludes my participation, you'd need a supercomputer to trace all the lines of influence involved nowadays, if you could even find the source of the influence. My epistemology has to function at the personal level, because I don't have a team working for me, and I am not part of a team. I have to look mainly at arguments and evidence, not the personalities offering them, and accept or reject on their own merits. I see how it would be possible to perceive deep divisions on this forum, and how it would seem possible to exploit them to sow dischord or dispersal, but if such a thing began to happen, I would have to assume someone on the forum struck a real nerve somewhere, to draw that kind of attention. It's interesting to speculate, but we should be careful not to say things that can't be unsaid. End of sermon.
And bad answer John, the correct answer to "Can I pass for CIA now?" should have been "Yes, you cant."
John Bevilaqua Wrote:[LOL]Stop the wailing or you will get the cryptonym of HR/CryOps instead of HR/PsyOps. <grin> See if you can pick out the dozen OSJs in the article just for fun then I will link them back into ManCand.
Yep, you got it basically. Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews.
PsyOps are a slippery thing, open to a lot of definitions, from influencing opinion to deception to whatever. I have to admit that their complexity precludes my participation, you'd need a supercomputer to trace all the lines of influence involved nowadays, if you could even find the source of the influence. My epistemology has to function at the personal level, because I don't have a team working for me, and I am not part of a team. I have to look mainly at arguments and evidence, not the personalities offering them, and accept or reject on their own merits. I see how it would be possible to perceive deep divisions on this forum, and how it would seem possible to exploit them to sow dischord or dispersal, but if such a thing began to happen, I would have to assume someone on the forum struck a real nerve somewhere, to draw that kind of attention. It's interesting to speculate, but we should be careful not to say things that can't be unsaid. End of sermon.
And bad answer John, the correct answer to "Can I pass for CIA now?" should have been "Yes, you cant."