Statements of fact are after all statements, which presumes a number of questionable judgements: that those statements are worth making, perhaps more worth making than certain others, that I am the sort of person entitled to make them and perhaps able to guarantee their truth, that you are the kind of person worth making them to, that something useful is accomplished by making them, and so on.

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  • Power — The dynamics of influence, authority, and leadership
  • Truth — Meditations on honesty, authenticity, and the search for truth

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