What does your skeptical filter let in, and what does it keep out?

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Most things I have faith in have already been confirmed by multiple sources, based on fact. In other words: I trust science. Why? Because science inherently recognizes the shortcomings of perspective and the flaws in human observation, and accounts for them by requiring consistency in observations and results. While I haven’t been to Madagascar, I can easily bring up endless sources that show that it exists, not just that it exists but nearly every minor detail about it you could possibly think of, and the large majority of these sources will be consistent. That said, I don’t make a habit of trusting inherently subjective things, especially if they’re some kind of forced evaluation (on a range of 1–5 how much do you dislike this?), and as a result I intend to visit all of the most interesting places I can managed to travel to, to determine if they’re actually as interesting as people say. (and, a little bit so I can observe they’re actually there. I trust science because it’s the best option that doesn’t involve me observing everything that’s ever happened)

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