[Dylan16807]

> You’re going to listen to somebody!

You can look into major issues without needing authority figures.

> When the public institutions become untrustworthy, and this lose their authority

Trust is not binary.

No source is unbiased.

[jtbayly]

> You can look into major issues without needing authority figures.

No you can’t. Not unless you are doing the study yourself. And even then, almost all studies rely on other authorities. Things like death certificates and cause of death, hospital reports, etc. all depend on authorities and you have to decide whether you trust them for this thing.

I never said it was binary. I said trust can and is lost through lies. If you can’t acknowledge that, I’m not sure what else to say.

[Dylan16807]

> I never said it was binary. I said trust can and is lost through lies. If you can’t acknowledge that, I’m not sure what else to say.

"Obviously one lie wipes out thousands of truths. Trust is gone. Listening stops."

I would call this binary. I don't really care what we call it, though. Especially if downplaying counts as lying, then this policy is completely infeasible. It means nobody will ever be listened to. Trust is wiped out in all circumstances.

It's a really stupid way of handling a biased source. And all sources are biased, so it's a really stupid way of handling sources.

If you want to say that one lie adds skepticism to a thousand truths, that would be a massive improvement, because A) it works well to be somewhat skeptical of all sources, and B) you can still learn from many sources you're skeptical of.