HN is so paranoid. All government is bad, anyone from a spy agency is some double/triple/quadruple agent who's actually a terrorist child soldier working for Facebook on the side.
They are not talking about the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs or the Office of the Comptroller of the currency... It is a comment on the NSA. From what we know, everything they do is a bit creepy. Far from "All government is bad" ... The comment is about an agency that Snowden warned us about.
Also, historically speaking the US government (various departments) has done a lot of really shady things.
"They" are not going to let us know all of the shenanigans they are up to. The list of mischievous things we are aware of surely isn't everything. Are we aware of 70%? 60%? I'm going to bet lower.
So you have a opaque organization with a fairly long list of misdeeds and (this is just my sense of things) a growing boldness. NSA programs, patriot act, etc - those are bold programs they have in place. Those are not the "top secret" things we don't get to know about.
It does not take a lot of imagination to make that leap.
Good thing, because this would amplify radio frequencies. This trope needs to die.
I suppose thinking about it like an antenna, it would aplify. But I would think the bowl shape on my head would reflect my thoughts back into my head. Where a bowl upside-down on my head would act more like a dish to collect external waves.
Pretty sure anyone listening to my thoughts would get bored. Have the gold fishes song stuck in there since the 90's.
I love the fishes 'cause they're so delicious
Gotta go fishin'
I could eat them everyday
And my mom says that's ok
I love the fishes 'cause they're so delicious
Get Goldfishes!