It's certainty [that counts]." Colbert often used the term to skewer the policies of President George W. Bush and poke fun at his supporters for what Colbert saw as distorting reality.
Although all three kinds of certainty are philosophically interesting, it is epistemic certainty that has traditionally been of central importance.
It was a certainty that was acknowledged even on the left which, for the first half of the campaign, subscribed to a fatalistic certainty that Netanyahu would be re-elected.
It's that certainty that makes you feel sort of O.K. about spending a pre-dinner hour watching ladies gyrate in G-strings: these guys know what they're doing — would they steer you wrong?
What happens in the future is anyone's guess — and Orejuela agrees it's a certainty that 3D printing will only get easier, and cheaper.
It's my certainty that I have an authentic self, which must be expressed.
If the Washington and Colorado experiments proceed successfully, it's a certainty that other states will follow.
It's a certainty that history will look unkindly upon the moral blindness of contemporary Republicans.
The lawsuit failed in the district court, and it should fail on appeal, but it's a certainty that the legal attacks on the A.C.A. will continue.
Given the success of TFA though, it's a certainty that Disney will want to leave the story open enough for another trilogy further down the line.
If Ry Cooder were English, it's near certainty that he'd have a sizeable shed at the bottom of his garden in which to potter about.
