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Yes, I've just checked my old paper copies and these too have been updated!! /s

But seriously, this is the major risk with 'everything online' our just electronic media is general. It really is possible to change history at the press of a button. Cut and paste history.

And how would anyone even know this has happened? No one is paying attention. If someone did spot some history editing, why would that get any traction? Who alert the world to it?

And with ai to generate reams of bullcrap... my my, most people are going to be in trouble! A connection to truth will become hard to find.

There is an answer - and that is to recognise what you know (in a strong sense) from what you believe on account of something you were told or saw on a screen. You only know what you have personally - the rest is hypothetical.



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