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To: unspun
What if a thought came to you that it would be dishonest for you to say is from your own knowledge, and it informed you of demonstrable facts that you would not have any other way of knowing, and it also purported its source to you?

That's quite a hypothetical situation that you posit, with "a thought I must conclude is from outside my own brain", with "demonstratable facts", and "a purported source". I suppose I could well waffle about "the "thought" itself, the "facts", the "demonstratable to whom" idea and the "source" until you toughen it up some more but, with the presumption within the question itself, there's little point.

Would I conclude Goddidit? Satan? The Trickster Coyote? No, no, and no.
Would I conclude I was going insane and ask for medication? No.
Would I conclude there was a person or alien with projective telepathic abilities hanging around warping my thoughts for some unknown purpose? Probably not.
Do I have a definitive answer to this hypothetical question? No.
Does that bother me? No.

218 posted on 03/08/2003 12:30:24 PM PST by balrog666 (When in doubt, tell the truth. - Mark Twain)
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To: balrog666
Yes! It's good not to conclude. I tend to find it's good to be compelled.
219 posted on 03/08/2003 12:34:26 PM PST by unspun
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