luminosity comments on Link: "A Bayesian Take on Julian Assange" - Less Wrong

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Comment author: luminosity 16 December 2010 11:06:40PM 0 points [-]

The interesting thing is not the crime, but the obvious overreaction to it by the Swedish prosecution (by comparison with their reaction to many similar allegations that come up regarding other people). It's clear that this is not the typical modus operandi. What is unclear is whether it's one person chasing a high profile case for fame or political gain, or whether it's a larger movement to attempt to discredit wikileaks.

Comment author: benelliott 16 December 2010 11:11:09PM 0 points [-]

I agree with that fully. All I was saying is that I have no real desire to learn whether he actually committed the rape (as has been pointed, the reaction is interesting either way), since I am not a perfect rationalist and learning this may well contaminate my beliefs about Wikileaks in general