Ova Prima/Talk

contextualized as fiction. hmmm. Next we'll be contextualizing conspiracy theories as 'real' and reporting on false documents as true, but merely socially constructed as false. So, are all these dead people linked to 9/11 real? Can we tell without a disclaimer: 'this is true, we think?' --MichaelTinkler

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The funny thing is, you're actually asking important questions about the nature of knowledge. I use an Occam's Razor approach to answering such questions, but it does underscore the importance of references.

For example, you ask "are all these dead people linked to 9/11 real?" For one thing, the numbers of casualties and missing on those pages are not the final numbers, which will never be known perfectly; so there's some level of fiction there. And are all the names spelled right, etc.? Is something which is true, but unverifiable, still a fact? What if it's just difficult to verify?

I'm hoping Ova Prima is a hoax--I didn't check on outside sources, but it would beggar belief if it's real. --TheCunctator