On Fri, 12 May 2000 00:42:03 -0700, wombn <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>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?

Certainly.    I try to avoid belief (not to be confused with "faith") at all
costs.

By the way, right now there could be 10 or 1,000 or 1,000,000 people who have
all the answers - and you would neither believe them, nor would it be likely
that you would employ the necessary means to recognize that.


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Cheers,

Ken
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