I tend to question a lot of things, but unless someone gives me a reason to, I don’t disbelieve what a person is saying. I give them the benefit of the doubt that they are telling the truth as they know it. Now I might questions, ideas, or concepts that they have put forward, but my first instinct is not to say, “well that sounds hard, so I think it is probably not true.” People thought flying is impossible as well until people invented a plane. I would have been on the sidelines saying, “sounds hard, but awesome (or whatever the cool slang of the times
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I think questioning is a great tool, but I guess when I think about it, it comes down to, you believe someone, or you don’t. If I could not believe something like that from Steve, how could I believe other more complicated things he says that can’t be proven as easily (in an objectively reality view)?
When your bf or gf comes home late, do you ask them where they were then check up on them? Or do you just trust them.
What it comes down to is I trust Steve. I trust him to tell me the truth as he understands it. Now, I may question how it can be applied, or used, or how it is possible, how he came to that conclusion, or he methods used in gathering information, but I believe that he has my best interest at heart, and is telling me the truth as he knows it. Could he be wrong? Sure. Could his testing methods be inaccurate? Sure. Could you always find someway to prove the opposite if you want to? Absolutely.
Adrienne
