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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>spike<br><b>Subject:</b> [ExI] my unified theory on what really happened at the state department<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>…We have been given contradictory information, implausible explanations, excuses and such, but I have for those interested in these matters a unified theory on what actually happened at the Department of State…Long broken sigh. Spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>After writing my unified theory on that State Department business, in such a way that it might vaguely let Hilliary almost skate past an actual criminal indictment (but not her staff) I came up with a really interesting reason for optimism.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have long been an openness advocate, definitely for government officials. What I think we are seeing in our times is more and more people watching everything. When any crime or anomaly takes place, there are plenty of people who notice it. Perhaps many eyes are finding more now.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>New technologies are enabling a lot of new angles on things. Imagine a woman is raped and she has no idea whodunit. The cops cannot figure it out and in most cases won’t work on it all that hard. Now she has a bunch of options not available before. She could recover some of the evidence, put it in the freezer, order a spit kit from AncestryDNA or 23andMe or Family Tree DNA, or all three if she wants to put out the money. The kits arrive in the mail. She takes the DNA evidence out of the freezer, lets it thaw. Takes the spit kit, adds a couple cc of water, a trace of the DNA sample (a few hundredths of a gram is plenty) sends it off under a code name. Wait. Five weeks later, a long list of his cousins arrives, plenty of them with family trees. Some of them write. Oh just think of the revenge scenarios possible. She could write to everyone on the list, explaining that this cousin is a rapist, and is still at large.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That kinda stuff.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Perhaps sunshine really is the best disinfectant.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>