The Unknown Known Puns

I saw this on another post and wanted to make my own about the topic.

Let’s take something like a cosmological argument that argues the universe was made by a god. Let’s grant most of the premises. Now what? A catholic might tell you that only the god of Catholicism has the needed attributes to be that god. A Muslim will tell you it can only be Allah. A Hindu will say it must be their one god that we are all an aspect of and part of. So on and so forth.

I say they’re all wrong. They’re making the mistake of assuming you can only pick from known gods. What if there’s some god that exists but that not a single person worships? Maybe this god doesn’t care about being known or worshiped, for instance. Why does it have to be one from an existing religion?

Some rebuttals I’ve heard that I’ll quickly discuss.

1. A god that is known is greater than one that is not known.

That’s just, like, your opinion, man. But really, it really is subjective and an opinion.

2. Whether or not you realize, you’re just still talking about my god.

No, we are not. For instance, maybe the theist is a catholic. For all we know, maybe the god that fits the criteria of a cosmological or teleological argument also prefers gay sex. Maybe they don’t care about the Jews any more or less than anyone else. Maybe they didn’t need to sacrifice an aspect of themselves in human form to save us, so on and so forth.

Like in Hungarian the phrase "patyolat tiszta" means really clean and most people know and use it, but the individual meaning of "patyolat" is unknown to a lot of native speakers.

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I'm bored at work and need some reading material.

I'll start - for the Habs I believe Jerabek will have a good season coming from the KHL and will open a lot of eyes in the Habs fanbase and the greater NHL fanbase.

This is not a request for doxxing or trying to find concrete answers, but more of a general discussion.

The devil's in the details and I guess keyforge way embraces the philosophy of fuck the details and who cares about balance just go have fun.

I'm only half complaining.

This is my first post here so I don't know if I'm following the rules correctly.

My mom is one of 14 children. 23&me has matched me with 2 (different) uncles' great-granddaughters.

Highest match: Cousin A First Cousin Twice removed with 3.42% and 16 segments matched.

3rd Highest Match: Cousin B First Cousin Twice removed with 2.32% and 12 segments matched.

Cousin A and I share a chunk of X Chromosome, which I assume is from my grandmother/her great-great-grandmother.

There is an unknown person in between them ( also female) who is 3.22% and 12 segments matched.

My question is what causes the variance is the two known Cousins percentages and who would be the unknown person? ( She is not a known first cousin or 2nd cousin. I know all of my 36 first cousins on that side)

Edited to update the Consanguinity terms.

Taken from Huxley's book "The Moksha" where he talks about his love for psychedelics. Using psychedelics has allowed me to get over my fear of death and his book perfectly summarizes why. would recommend.

Here is the image, which represents a flat cake divided into 4 pieces of which 3 of them have known weights. How would it be possible to find out the weight of the unknown 4th piece? No other information is provided.

It's meant for a 7th grade in primary schools, but I really can't figure it out :). I would post attempts, but they would probably be irrelevant since it should be rather simple to solve (answer 200 was wrong).

I believe that it has something to do with the ratios. I have received a hint that the number of the missing triangle is between 120 and 300.

A soft ringing from the alarm on his watch woke him gently, while the blinds receded into the ceiling revealing a beautiful summer morning. The sun caressed his wrinkled face, his eyes slowly opening and a timer on his watch started counting down from forty-eight hours. He looked to his right and noticed an envelope occupying the space where he usually found his wife. She was not one for early mornings and would be more demonic than human before he brought her a cup of coffee and an apology for snoring yet again. To Ragnar. For your journey. Love, Ilse. The words were written in golden runes and immediately his eyes went blank before a serene drop of water ran down his cheek. He was turning seventy in two days and before his journey was over, he would have read and burned that letter. The day you turn seventy is a day that is cherished by everyone who loves you and even by those who do not know you. He smiled to himself, putting the envelope on the nightstand before getting dressed. Usually he would wear jeans and a simple shirt but today he wore a white robe with gold trims and stitched runes running across his chest and back. Stretching his arms above his head, joints cracking, muscles flexing, he recited to himself, “We who think we can walk are merely crawling compared to the gods. This life is but an instant and nothing but the energy you bring with you in the afterlife matters. Love everyone and everything for you are them and they are you. Odin, All-Father, teach me to walk as I have now learned to crawl.”

As he came into the kitchen, he saw Ilse finishing up breakfast. A great spread of smoked fish, eggs, vegetables, sourdough bread and fresh berries drizzled with a salted caramel vanilla sauce that was his favourite stood before him, the guest of honour. She is as beautiful as the day I met her, he thought. She looked no older than forty even though she was only six years younger than him. “The gods have been kind to both me and you wife, for blessing you with the beauty of Freya and also making you dumb enough to love a fool like me.” She gave him a look only he would understand before her smile brightened the room like no sun ever could. Slowly, she walked across the room, wrapped her arms around his broad shoulders and kissed him gently. She tasted like morning dew drops and smelt of sweet honey. To him she was beauty manifested, sculpted by the great powers of these worlds. Her slightly crooked nose, the freckles hugging her cheekbon

Is there someone who can explain to me how one can calculate the concentration of an acid (in a titration) if we already know what the concentration of the base is?

>Rumsfeld stated: Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know.

However, Rumsfeld omitted the part about "unknown knowns". Are "unknown knowns" facts that we think are correct but in fact aren't? (Like back in the middle ages when people believed that the world is flat.)

Or is it more like intuition? Things that we instinctively know how to do but don't know how to explain?