--{ do you actually believe me? }------
Do you actually believe everything I write here? And if you do, for goodness sake, why? I could be lying, for all you know. Everything I do on here could be pure fiction, or, even worse, positional posturing. You can't know, how could you?
How do you know that in real life, I'm not a gunner profiteer? Or a magician, with an ax to grind? Or an apartment-full of design school graduates, playing around with their off-time? Or a flaky octagenerian, with a taste for digital text?
How do you know that I've read any of the books that I summarize, how do you know that I didn't just crib from the reviews on amazon.com? How do you know that reading certain articles is any indication that I feel that way? How do you know it's not all just a sham, a ploy to gain recognition for some other, more nefarious purpose? How do you know I even know what nefarious means?
Are you telling me that you believe what everyone says? Or just what everyone says on the web? Do you think that the latest posit-er of a certain theory really believes what he or she says? How do you know it's not all just a great big game? How do you know that your version of academic scholarship isn't just my version of camp? What's wrong with you?
Do you even believe I'm really asking this?
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