Was Malthus ever poor?

[Maximus]

Is that how you read that? Interesting, as it's not at all what I meant.

There were only two interpretations that I could come up with.  One was that if you have some doubt, your are not poor.  Only those people that are absolutely sure they are poor are in fact poor.

Of the two, the one I posted earlier made more sense: there are the true poor, of which you are/were one, and only the true poor can judge who the true poor are.  So not, strictly speaking, just you, but you and others who you deem true poor.

There is at least one more reasonable interpretation: The True Poor^TM are a subset of those who think they are poor. No authority is implied over who is in that subset.

[Admiral Yi]

There is at least one more reasonable interpretation: The True Poor^TM are a subset of those who think they are poor. No authority is implied over who is in that subset.

For this one you need to ignore the language about poor people knowing it.

[Siege]

Hello, my name is Siege Breaker, and I am a poor.

[frunk]

I've explained in detail what I said and what I meant. If you can't accept it, well, really, what can I say? That's just too bad.

I think it's a black thing, you don't have the right to use the "p" word.

[Malthus]

I've explained in detail what I said and what I meant. If you can't accept it, well, really, what can I say? That's just too bad.

I think it's a black thing, you don't have the right to use the "p" word.

Honestly, I've never encountered anything like this level of sensitivity about the "p" word.

[crazy canuck]

I've explained in detail what I said and what I meant. If you can't accept it, well, really, what can I say? That's just too bad.

I think it's a black thing, you don't have the right to use the "p" word.

Or at least not be born into the upper class of Canadian society.

[The Brain]

Hello, my name is Siege Breaker, and I am a poor.

Prove it.

[crazy canuck]

I've explained in detail what I said and what I meant. If you can't accept it, well, really, what can I say? That's just too bad.

I think it's a black thing, you don't have the right to use the "p" word.

Honestly, I've never encountered anything like this level of sensitivity about the "p" word.

Not surprising, given that the peer group you had.

[The Brain]

Poor group?

[Maximus]

There is at least one more reasonable interpretation: The True Poor^TM are a subset of those who think they are poor. No authority is implied over who is in that subset.

For this one you need to ignore the language about poor people knowing it.

Obviously Meri was speaking colloquially.

However in order to make this thread interesting:
What is the functional difference between knowing something and thinking you know something when in fact it is unknowable?

[Malthus]

I've explained in detail what I said and what I meant. If you can't accept it, well, really, what can I say? That's just too bad.

I think it's a black thing, you don't have the right to use the "p" word.

Honestly, I've never encountered anything like this level of sensitivity about the "p" word.

Not surprising, given that the peer group you had.

People who are not crazy? 

[Caliga]

This is one of the gayest threads in Languish history, which is why I'm disappointed Mart couldn't be here to contribute to it.

[Admiral Yi]

Obviously Meri was speaking colloquially.

Ah, the figurative sense of "know." 

However in order to make this thread interesting:
What is the functional difference between knowing something and thinking you know something when in fact it is unknowable?

I give up.

[crazy canuck]

People who are not crazy? 

Yeah, because rich kids who think they are poor have no problem with their grip on reality at all.

[Maximus]

I give up.

You are watching a magic show.

Two blind magicians each draw a marble from a bag that contains red and blue marbles. Magician A draws a red marble, magician B draws a blue marble.

Each conducts his divination and proclaims that he has drawn a red marble.

The ambiguity of natural language would lead us to say that Magician A knows, while magician B just thinks he knows. In fact there is no functional difference.

Ah, the figurative sense of "know." 

The colloquial sense of "know" which means something like "thinks he knows, but doesn't. However it so happens he is correct."