It is what it is

Are you certain about that?

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
Are you certain about that?

It is what it is

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
Are you certain about that?

"It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." ~President Bill Clinton (August 17, 1998)

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
Are you certain about that?

Yes.

The thesis is quite different from: "It is what I presume it to be"

Originally posted by Ponderable
Yes.

The thesis is quite different from: "It is what I presume it to be"

To be? or "Not" to be?

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
To be? or "Not" to be?

Knowing what something is not is sometimes easier than to know what it IS.

Originally posted by Ponderable
Knowing what something is not is sometimes easier than to know what it IS.

Process of elimination eh?

Somebody asked me, "You've learned to trust people, but doesn't that hurt you?"

I said, "And you, not trusting? Doesn't that hurt, more"?

Their response was, "How do you go through all that, and not get twisted?"

My answer:

"To seek an understanding of all of the questions, but not the answers."

-m.

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
Are you certain about that?

not if its a racehorse.

To be certain about that I would have to have two pieces of "it" and compare them to establish identity.

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
Are you certain about that?

That that is is. That that is not is not. Is not that it? It is.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
That that is is. That that is not is not. Is not that it? It is.

Depends how you view it.. because sometimes things that are are not:

YouTube

😉

-m.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
That that is is. That that is not is not. Is not that it? It is.

Very Yoda-esque Andy 🙂

It ain't what it isn't. 😕

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
It ain't what it isn't. 😕

"Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night and decided they’d go kill some Americans, What difference – at this point, what difference does it make?" -Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, January 23, 2013

Originally posted by vandervelde
To be certain about that I would have to have two pieces of "it" and compare them to establish identity.

What criteria would you employ?