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Originally Posted by Tucson_Tim
Well, I'm always a little skeptical of certain things the government does - but not completely obvious things like the Moon missions.
I think it's a healthy society that is a little skeptical of its government.
For instance, when the US military says it bombed a house that was full of terrorists and the Arab news reports that it was an orphanage and only innocent women and children were killed - I think the truth may lie somewhere in between.
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I understand where you are coming from Tucson_Tim and I suspect that a lot of people feel like you do, and that this explains this rise in CTs.
But there is also a problem here. One side says "blue", another side says "red", and our interpretation is that the "truth" must be some shade of purple. And we do that because folks on those two sides could
potentially have a motivation to lie and have done so on other issues.
But that isn't always true and in fact, might rarely be true. Maybe the answer really is blue. Maybe the "bluers" lies one time in a thousand, and so 99.9% of the time the answer really is blue. Or maybe it is the opposite situation (they usually lie). But by assuming "purple", we are in fact, usually wrong.
(as I read this, I'm not sure I'm making myself clear - but take this as a first pass)