It would appear that the very character of the occult indicates that it deals with contradictory or dissonant knowledge claims that are difficult, if not impossible, to investigate or validate.

这样看来，很性格的隐匿性，表明它涉及矛盾或不和谐的知识声称是困难的，如果不是不可能的，调查或验证。

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Story telling about proto-humans is impossible to validate.

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