question everything

Can we trust any source?

In practical terms I think we have to, because we could spend our entire lives checking everything.

“question everything” is pretty impractical ?

I have some rough rules of thumbs,

  • One is if I catch a source out on what seems to be a deliberate lie, that undermines their credibility for me.
  • Another is if sources refuse to cite their sources or take on their philosophical burden of proof – same deal

It’s not a moral judgement, there are plenty of people writing poetry and propaganda who are post-truth 🙂

good on them

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