"But I will say this: In my humble opinion, knowing nothing about it, I do believe that they have remote viewers working on where Osama Bin Laden is. I absolutely, 100%, convinced of that"
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The content is even more telling. “Remote viewers” isn’t just a quirky belief about intelligence work; it’s a pop-culture artifact of the post-9/11 era, when government secrecy, Hollywood plots, and late-night cable speculation braided together. Osama bin Laden becomes a narrative problem - a missing villain - and remote viewing becomes the satisfying deus ex machina: of course someone, somewhere has a paranormal shortcut. In that sense, the line reads like an actor’s backstage faith in story mechanics. The world should have writers. The arc should resolve.
Subtextually, it’s also a small confession about how we process fear and complexity. If the hunt is too vast, too political, too murky, then belief in a hidden, almost magical apparatus restores control. Eckhart isn’t selling evidence; he’s selling reassurance that the system is omnipotent, just secretive. The irony is that the statement’s confidence depends on admitting ignorance, a neat snapshot of how conspiracy-adjacent thinking often works: certainty isn’t the reward of knowledge, it’s the substitute for it.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Eckhart, Aaron. (2026, January 17). But I will say this: In my humble opinion, knowing nothing about it, I do believe that they have remote viewers working on where Osama Bin Laden is. I absolutely, 100%, convinced of that. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/but-i-will-say-this-in-my-humble-opinion-knowing-36372/
Chicago Style
Eckhart, Aaron. "But I will say this: In my humble opinion, knowing nothing about it, I do believe that they have remote viewers working on where Osama Bin Laden is. I absolutely, 100%, convinced of that." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/but-i-will-say-this-in-my-humble-opinion-knowing-36372/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"But I will say this: In my humble opinion, knowing nothing about it, I do believe that they have remote viewers working on where Osama Bin Laden is. I absolutely, 100%, convinced of that." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/but-i-will-say-this-in-my-humble-opinion-knowing-36372/. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.


