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Man in Shack: The lord knows I am not cruel man.Ford Prefect: Ah-- you say, `the lord', so, you believe in--Man in Shack: My cat. I call him 'the lord'. I am kind to him.Ford Prefect: Alright. How do you know he exists? How do you know he knows you to be kind or enjoys what you think of as your kindness?Man in Shack: I don't. I have no idea. It merely pleases me to behave in a certain way to what appears to be a cat. What else do you do? ...Please, I am tired.

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We can recurse on that indefinitely. Someone pointing out the possibility of a self-proclaimed truth-teller seeking to force opinions on people, could possibly be signalling a higher-level skepticism than the truth-seeker, skeptic himself has claimed.

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