Yes, and it's amazing and ironic how many otherwise authoritative sources (i.e. sources worth reading and listening to) get this totally wrong -- they still thi

Yes, and it's amazing and ironic how many otherwise authoritative sources (i.e. sources worth reading and listening to) get this totally wrong -- they still think that the source of an idea can have a bearing on whether it is true. I think they are variously conflating three issues: (1) whether an idea is true, (2) whether one can (rationally) rely upon it in some way, (3) whether one understands it.