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No no, of course. Mikhail can believe what he wants. I apologize if I ever implied anything otherwise--it wasn't my intention.

It's the matter of "what Mikhail believes" versus "knowing for sure this is an objective reality" that really rustles my jimmies. I'm probably not quite distinguishing this properly, but that was the core of my issue with the post.

Regardless, thanks for clearing that up!