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Old 05-16-2008, 01:04 PM   #15 (permalink)
Mr. Omoplata

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I'd be more inclined to cite sources like credible mainstream media, academia, government surveys, etc.
Credible "mainstream" media? Is there even such a thing?

I also wouldn't trust any government controlled and/or regulated surveys neither because that's a crap shoot in itself.

The best source could be academia, but again to dispute the credibility of the source, how "up-to-date" are those things anyways? We're constantly refining and learning new things from previously thought-to-be-certain things from the past. It just doesn't help when certain academic research articles are months, years or even decades old.


The point being, nothing can really be considered a solid source because everything is questionable.

We have to simply trust our own judgment in matters that require evidence.
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