And what of the hundreds of other practices? Shall we take all old things at face value and never study them? We study things we "already know" all the time. Of

And what of the hundreds of other practices? Shall we take all old things at face value and never study them? We study things we "already know" all the time. Often we discover new things while doing so, but still prove our previously held beliefs more true. More personally, why aren't you just happy to see extra validation of something you believe in?