PurpleYouko writes:
Even then can we really know the truth?
Yeah, I started to think about that right after I posted and didn't want to edit the post.
My point may be more clearly made by something like this:
(00-05%)
Least Confident - One personal observation
(00-10%)
Hardly Better - One observation from multiple people
(10-60%)
Better - Multiple personal observations
(10-80%)
Better Still - Multiple observations from multiple people
(80-90%)
Very Confident - Hundreds of thousands of observation from thousands of different people under many different circumstances
(90-95%)
Most Confident - Ongoing observations from increasing numbers of people
(95%-??)
The Truth - ?
The numbers in brackets are just for fun