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Wholegrain Posted 17 years ago
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Certainty does not depend on our opinion to exist in actuality, but requires a knowledge of its existence; hence, many historical theories are rejected by some skeptics on the account of a lack of proof to verify the claims, thus a lack of knowledge of certainty; however, in historical sciences, there is no certainty, which undermines their argument. Thus the government and other agencies can act in secrecy and erase any record of their actions and can then try to undermine any suscispious pundits by highlighting a lack of factual evidences. It is then no surprise that agencies that directly advise policymakers in matters of geopolitics hold many confidential information, that the media is highly censored due to government interference and corporate interests through market incentives and that two different governments may make two diametrically opposed statements. If, begun as a mere recommendation, it then becomes an actual policy which knowledge may be highly prejudiciable to the government, traces of it are likely to disappear before they can be made public. There perhaps seems to be something particularly absurd in conspiracy theories, namely many stretched claims; however, absurd claims does not amount to a false theory. And it is not so absurd if there is a definite possibility and consistency can be found. For instance, it is obvious that the United States had an hidden agenda when it attacked Iraq, and that one of these was the dollar hegemony. An individual who is hiding his tracks, typically meaning he has something to hide, will do with more scrutinity the more vital it is for him to do so.

  

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I have underlined some problem areas: Certainty does not depend on our opinion to exist in actuality, but requires a knowledge of its existence ( no meaning ); hence, many historical theories are rejected by some skeptics on the account of a lack of proof to verify the claims, thus a lack of knowledge of certaint y ( no meaning ); however, in historical sciences, there is no certainty, which undermines their argument. Thus the government and other agencies can act in secrecy and erase any record of their actions and can then try to undermine any suscispious pundits by highlighting a lack of factual evidences . It is then no surprise that agencies that directly advise policymakers in matters of geopolitics hold many confidential information , that the media is highly censored due to government interference and corporate interests through market incentives and that two different governments may make two diametrically opposed statements.

  • I have underlined some problem areas: Certainty does not depend on our opinion to exist in actuality, but requires a knowledge of its existence ( no meaning ); hence, many historical theories are rejected by some skeptics on the account of a lack of proof to verify the claims, thus a lack of knowledge of certaint y ( no meaning ); however, in historical sciences, there is no certainty, which undermines their argument.
  • Thus the government and other agencies can act in secrecy and erase any record of their actions and can then try to undermine any suscispious pundits by highlighting a lack of factual evidences .
  • It is then no surprise that agencies that directly advise policymakers in matters of geopolitics hold many confidential information , that the media is highly censored due to government interference and corporate interests through market incentives and that two different governments may make two diametrically opposed statements.
  • If, begun as a mere recommendation, it then becomes an actual policy which knowledge may be highly prejudiciable to the government, traces of it are likely to disappear before they can be made public.
  • There perhaps seems to be something particularly absurd in conspiracy theories, namely many stretched claims; however, absurd claims does not amount to a false theory .
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I have underlined some problem areas:

Certainty does not depend on our opinion to exist in actuality, but requires a knowledge of its existence (no meaning); hence, many historical theories are rejected by some skeptics on the account of a lack of proof to verify the claims, thus a lack of knowledge of certainty (no meaning); however
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I know it is far from being perfect, but can you explain why?
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How can you say that "certainty is certain" in this case? I couldn't reword it in any better way.
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I will try again, though you have, almost without fail, ignored every post I've made to your threads.

Your writing is too convoluted. You use absurdly long sentences full of dependent and embedded clauses that make it extremely difficult for the reader. Even if these sentences were grammatical and logical, you are making the reader word too hard.

If I were your technical/business
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No, I know that. However, I don't want to improve my writing only, but also my logic.
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certainty is certain
This is a truism, about as far from logical effort as you can get.
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...Now that i think of it, it doesn't make much sense. I just took a passage from an earlier text I wrote where I argued that there was no certainty and that in order to be certain you needed a knowledge you cannot theoretically have. But in this context, I agree that it is nonsensical. Thanks.
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Yet people are completely, 100% certain about all sorts of things they lack knowledge about. Just ask them. Ask them about politics, or religion, or their prejudices, just to name a few.
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I don't know whether I should believe conspiracy theory though. I mean there are books written on it, but they don't really have any evidences of the things they claim. However, seeing what the U.S. is doing in the Middle East and the fact they supported many dictators in the past, it is not really hard to believe to those conspiracy theorists..
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The phrase 'conspiracy theory' itself carries paranoid overtones.
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