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Re: How do we know?
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wombn <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 12 May 2000 00:42:03 -0700
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On 12 May 00, at 0:15, Ken Stuart wrote:

> On Thu, 11 May 2000 18:47:02 -0700, wombn <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >On 11 May 00, at 17:06, Michael Allen Smith wrote:
> >
> >>How do we
> >> know?
> >
> >I don't think anyone has all the answers.  And will not have them in
> >our lifetime.
>
> This is a logical contradiction.   Only someone who has all the answers could
> possibly know that no one has all the answers, or that we will not have them in
> our lifetime.

In this case, the word "think" is intended to mean "believe".

I don't believe anyone has all the answer.  And I don't believe
anyone will have them in our lifetime.

Does that adequately remove the contradiction?

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