> rejecting them out of hand I may have missed it, but I don't see TFA actually arguing for that at all. > one shouldn't believe claims just because someone [

> rejecting them out of hand I may have missed it, but I don't see TFA actually arguing for that at all. > one shouldn't believe claims just because someone [or something] asserts them Seems to be the overall point. If some guy rolls in with a paranoid schizophrenic telling you someone is a criminal using facial features, you need to be able to say that is nuts.