Epistemology

Is it a coincidence that politicians with extreme positions are on the rise across the globe? What makes so many citizens, with access to infinite sources of information and range of opinion, choose regression, denial, lies and aggression to express their political choices?

Surely, there is hardly anyone on the planet who, on December 31 or January 1, does not wish for the new year to prove better than the previous one. Hope has been one of the fundamental forces of humankind since we developed our current form and corresponding intellectual capacities.

People made fun of it at the time, and long afterwards, but it's a nice way of expressing a very important distinction.

"As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don't know we don't know." 

Come next Sunday, all of Europe will be thrust into a swirl of electoral developments whose results and consequences are far from predictable.

For decades, I have been a believer in human reason. By that, I don't mean that I have been a hardcore French rationalist who thinks that we can find all truths through reason. But still I thought that through reason we can begin to understand the world we are living in, analyze our issues, and discuss our problems.

The slowdown in international trade, the prospect of Britain leaving the European Union, global oil rates and the monetary policies of the Fed and the European Central Bank are the main concerns of Greek exporters.

The Eurobarometer, a series of public opinion surveys conducted on behalf of the European Commission, was released on Wednesday and shows that Greeks are not optimistic about the future. 60% of Greek respondents say they are not satisfied with their lives compared to the EU28 average of 19%.

Police officers visited the scene where Diyarbak?r Bar Association head Tahir Elçi was killed on Nov. 28 a full two days after the incident occurred, collecting just 43 out of 83 pieces of evidence in the area after they were fired upon by unknown perpetrators.

Turkey might have finally emerged from elections with a single-party government, but the economic waters are set to remain choppyAfter the Nov. 1 elections, the markets enjoyed tranquility. The fluctuating and swinging mode had given way to a less turbulent climate; it seemed so but then the plane shooting incident erupted with Russia.

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