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cozyman | 6 months ago

so something being believed for a long period of time makes it true?

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ben_w|6 months ago

You might as well treat it as such, but you can never be quite sure. Both for "being believed" in general: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Münchhausen_trilemma

… and also for your own personal observations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_induction

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