I actually had a long-time close friend who turned out to be something of a compulsive liar.
These days I place almost zero weight on him having stated anything as fact… But a strange thing happened: Some of these things entered my head as cached thoughts and I didn’t remember their source at all—just that they were “true”. This has managed to cause me some embarrassment in the past.
These days I often take care to mention what my source is for claims I make, so it’s no longer a problem… But the general principle remains that most people don’t always know where their “knowledge” came from.
I actually had a long-time close friend who turned out to be something of a compulsive liar.
These days I place almost zero weight on him having stated anything as fact… But a strange thing happened: Some of these things entered my head as cached thoughts and I didn’t remember their source at all—just that they were “true”. This has managed to cause me some embarrassment in the past.
These days I often take care to mention what my source is for claims I make, so it’s no longer a problem… But the general principle remains that most people don’t always know where their “knowledge” came from.