Talk:Story and History/@comment-84.57.25.72-20131219164241/@comment-15504212-20140106155131

There are two possibilities: The Lotus has been associated with the Lotus emblem for some time and that she has not. Assuming she is some kind of impostor that has nothing to do with Tenno history violates Occam's Razor, one of the fundamental maxims of logical thinking. Simply put, the explanation that requires the fewest assumptions is usually the correct one. To state that she is not associated with her emblem and is some kind of impostor requires quite a few more assumptions than assuming she is exactly what she appears to be, given the same evidence. You have to assume there was another Lotus entity or organization previously, that they somehow lost power or were otherwise ended, that what we know as the Lotus co-opted their existing name and a great many more assumptions regarding her motives. It just doesn't make sense given what we know.