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In a post truth society, certainly. If you can't verify it yourself it's all a leap of faith.

• mistermann 3y ago
  "Verifying it yourself" is often if not usually also a leap of faith, because how shall a single mind error check itself in a confirmably reliable manner, especially if it's received no specialized training in the domain?
  • AlecSchueler 3y ago
    It comes down to the relative stretch of the leap you take.
    • mistermann 3y ago
      And to know that, you need (just for starters) a means of discovering what is True...so you are back to the problem I noted. Luckily, all of this complexity can be wallpapered over by cultural conditioning, making the problem essentially vanish (depending on the frame of reference one is observing from, or if one even knows what that means).