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Arthur D. Hlavaty ([personal profile] supergee) wrote2019-01-04 06:33 am

Left as an exercise for the reader

How to say, “I don’t know” in different disciplines [The Poke]
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[personal profile] redbird 2019-01-04 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Not exactly for history: "it's too soon to tell." (I have heard that a mis-translated question was involved in the famous use of that phrase, and Chou En-lai didn't realize his European interviewer was asking his opinion of the French Revolution, but it still makes "I don't know" sound thoughtful.)