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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: epicure who wrote (59637)9/24/2002 10:25:57 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
There are degrees of confidence. I assume that a person of normal or even high intelligence has recollections that are not wholly inadequate representations of their experiences, especially when relating recent events or especially memorable occasions, like the birth of a child. I furthermore presume that they have picked up material through work or school that might add to my fund of knowledge, even if not wholly reliable. One way I judge reliability is by observing how often they speak correctly about things I know about (assuming that they are assertive). As far as people lying goes, well, I simply assume that most people are telling the truth, or close to it, most of the time. Unless there is something which makes me suspicious, or the consequences of accepting their story is so severe that I cannot act on a middling assessment of reliability, that seems to me to be the best position.
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