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No, because there's always another theory that you can jump to when your prior assumptions fail you.

Here's an easy one: "He was only arrested because he was going to reveal damning truth in today's Congressional hearing."

Even if the DOJ, Congress, and SBF all swear until they are black and blue that it wasn't the reason for the timing of the arrest, the theory can change to "Of course they would say that, they are all in on the deep state conspiracy."

The beautiful thing about the world is that there is an unlimited number of unconfirmable and unrefutable possibilities and could-have-beens that can be used to support any idea - sensible, or silly.




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