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An argument isn't evidence. Physical evidence should be the only thing that causes a quick and instant shift in views, and the situations where this evidence is clear and obvious enough to warrant this are not so common.



This ignores the concept of trust, which is real and useful.


Trust is great when it can be trusted. When trust is abused, great tragedies occur.




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