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But by providing such details the statement goes from unknowable to unknown and potentially verifiable at some point.

Avoiding falsifiable statements is a skill set that might be worth having in your communications toolkit.

(I remember reading that some philosophy school had {True, false, unknown, unknowable} but, alas, cannot find any reference to that just now)



LOL. So you want everyone to become skillful in using weasel words? Spoken like a true weasel.


Huh. I Forgot the /s




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