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{{g}}{{d|Unsubstantiated|/ʌnsəbˈstanʃɪeɪtɪd/|adj|}} | {{g}}{{d|Unsubstantiated|/ʌnsəbˈstanʃɪeɪtɪd/|adj|}} | ||
A bullshit artist’s tell. Something embarrassing that happened, but for which there is currently no proof or credible supporting or evidence. | A bullshit artist’s tell. Something inconvenient or embarrassing that happened, but for which there is currently no proof or credible supporting or evidence. | ||
To be contrasted | To be contrasted something that did ''not'' happen, which may comfortably described as “false”.<ref>We owe this observation to, among others, David Allen Green. </ref> Substantiation is thus a second-order property of a fact: something that, in the eyes of the outside world, falls, in [[Rumsfeld’s taxonomy]], between a “[[known known]]” and an “[[unknown known]]” — call it a “[[suspected known][” —but to the person making the statement, is squarely in the latter category. | ||
{{Sa}} | {{Sa}} | ||
*[[Truth]] | *[[Truth]] | ||
*[[Rumsfeld’s taxonomy]] |