This is not a guarantee, and is just a rule of thumb, but if a professional fact-check from a non-super-sketchy source conflicts with your prior beliefs, it's a

This is not a guarantee, and is just a rule of thumb, but if a professional fact-check from a non-super-sketchy source conflicts with your prior beliefs, it's a sign you might want to pause and re-examine why you hold these prior beliefs. It feels very wrong to reconsider what we believe is true, but that's just how it feels when we're wrong.