Subjective Intentionality
In his self-defense and accusation, Chen Jingyuan addressed the Kunming judicial authorities’ determination that the post he “knowingly” forwarded was a “rumor” by offering three rebuttals:
1. The “unknown territory” is boundless: He denied that he “knowingly” forwarded the rumor, emphasizing his cognitive limitations and claiming he holds a skeptical attitude toward knowledge and lacks the ability to “distinguish right from wrong” imposed by the judicial authorities.
2. Confidence within his professional field: Drawing on his background in complex system self-organized criticality and avalanche dynamics theory, he argued that forwarding the post could not possibly cause “serious disorder” and warned that persecution by the judicial authorities could cause even greater social harm.
3. His status as a scholar as “evidence of guilt”: He mocked the judicial authorities for viewing his academic research as evidence of “deliberate provocation and disturbance” and questioned whether they would dare to take similar action against all scholars.
Refer to IV. Evaluation of My Subjective State: “Knowing” and “Intentional”