I would say I am my own authority on what I accept. However, your authority is the government, consensus opinion, journals, HN - not yourself. If something is

I would say I am my own authority on what I accept. However, your authority is the government, consensus opinion, journals, HN - not yourself. If something is not proven to me, I'm not going to pretend it has been. For most, authority is from outside. 'My teachers/lecturers/TV/parents/etc say this, they wouldn't lie, would they?' Its not malicious, but the lies are propagated. The reason is that no one - NO ONE - is doing their own research to verify anything, lies and confusion are spread. So, I would say you have 0 proof to believe what you believe. If you try to prove what you believe in to yourself, you will find that you cannot satisfactorily do so. So why believe it? I'm just not believing things that I have no evidence for. And once you remove the un-evidenced crap, a different picture emerges. But you are easy to use the term 'conspiracy theory' to avoid to have to engage with what I raise. Seriously - take my challenge - try to create water out of the 2 gases. Or to separate them from water. You won't be able to do it. Which shows you how little you know.