Terry sez: >> Didn't someone have a theory that they were doing all this just to show how >> good they are at running a PR campaign? > > Maybe that's it; otherwise, I can't figure them out. > > Why would they risk another failed demo after 2007?
I don't admit to having an answer, but I do know this theory has been bandied about plenty of times over the years. It's also a favorite conclusion written up at Wikipedia, the ultimate source of accurate information! ;-) Personally, I've never been able to buy into it as a plausible explanation for Steorn's admittedly puzzling behavior. To my way of thinking one would have to throw out Occam's Razor and start assuming a lot of unproven assumptions. What's the payoff? ...That Steorn is really good at manipulating PR? ...That they they can pull a fast one on everyone? There seems to be an equally unproven assumption that if Steorn can "pull it off" that future prospective clients will know that they, too, will be able to cash in on Steorn's PR skills and make tons of money by hiring them to manipulate "PR" to their own advantage. Such convoluted reasoning stretches my own internal BS scale. However, I also have to confess that having such a conclusion prominently displayed over at Wikipedia as the preferred explanation probably didn't help my predisposition in taking it seriously. ;-) Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
