JFK assassination logic : how to think about claims of conspiracy / John McAdams.
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TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xi, 308 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781597975797
- 1597975796
- 364.15 22
- E842.9 .M38 2011eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
JFK assassination logic : how to think about claims of conspiracy -- The frailty of witness testimony -- Problems of memory -- Creating false memories -- Witnesses that are just too good -- Witnesses are not always worthless -- Bogus quoting, stripping context, misleading readers -- Things that "defy the odds?" -- More on "defying the odds" : the "mysterious deaths" -- "Foreknowledge" : did people know it was going to happen -- Signal and noise : seeing things in photos -- Think scenario -- Not all evidence is equal : using the reliable evidence -- Opinions are not evidence -- Too much evidence of conspiracy? -- Beware false corroboration -- How do we view government? -- Putting theory into practice : the single bullet theory -- Thinking about conspiracy : putting it all together.
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Using the assassination of JFK as a case study, author provides a blueprint for understanding how conspiracy theories arise and how to judge the evidence.
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