oniMaker

The point is that it would seem ridiculous to start from nothing and jump to such a counter-intuitive theory.

Occam's razor would immediately discard quantum theory. Does that make it false?

Profit and population control, mainly.

Another petty fiefdom where dissenting opinion is quashed.

Unfortunately your common sense is in the minority of opinion here. HN is plagued by overeager engineers who endlessly discuss the how without addressing the much more important why.

Why bother having a pet at all if you're not going to personally care for it?

Can you expound on that?

Is there evidence of the interview actually taking place? Why was his own lawyer not allowed to attend?

If he's alive, then someone has certainly mentioned to him that the Internet is going crazy about this. Why doesn't he simply walk a few feet and show himself on the balcony, as he has done before?

Side note: labelling something a "conspiracy theory" is a way to dismiss an idea without thinking about it. If you want to refute the facts in the thread, use better facts.

Unfortunately, yes. Most people do not understand the importance of protecting even the speech they disagree with.