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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: The Philosopher who wrote (59655)9/24/2002 1:23:35 PM
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"....my hobby horses here."

No, its mine. Get off and give it back.

"There is really nothing that we can know as absolute fact."

The temporal universe defies absolution. We define limits as a practical exercise that permits us to function within time and space. The proofs of such limits however to not hold up to all tests. There must be assumptions that are accepted without a priori. On the other hand there are ways of knowing that allow for absolutes and that defy scientific method. I know what time is even though I can not prove it, I know when a breach of trust exists because it is self evident, etc. Proof is an external issue in some cases.
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