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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 5239835" data-attributes="member: 52734">I think &quot;(fairly) easy and reproducable&quot; is the answer to be looking for.How many people have really seen Africa (or would have the money/time to make a journey), yet know for a fact it exists?&nbsp; Most people rely on the documented evidence of others to &quot;know something for a fact&quot; - the don't have the time or inclination to really test it for themselves*. Especially if they see well-documented evidence of its existence (pictures for Africa, clerical spells for backing up religious texts).&nbsp; When you can (theoretically) walk into the local church and have a cleric cast Augury to get the answer &quot;Does the afterlife exist?&quot; or &quot;If I'm a bad person will I go to badafterlifeplace?&quot; and you get an answer, that pretty much confirms it.* Of course, you always have things like the &quot;We never went to the moon&quot; or &quot;They captured aliens at Area 54&quot; that some claim as truth, and others will dismiss as bogus.&nbsp; &quot;Know for a fact&quot; is a tricky thing when it comes down to it - I'd say it's more appropriate &quot;common belief states...&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 5239835, member: 52734"] I think "(fairly) easy and reproducable" is the answer to be looking for. How many people have really seen Africa (or would have the money/time to make a journey), yet know for a fact it exists? Most people rely on the documented evidence of others to "know something for a fact" - the don't have the time or inclination to really test it for themselves*. Especially if they see well-documented evidence of its existence (pictures for Africa, clerical spells for backing up religious texts). When you can (theoretically) walk into the local church and have a cleric cast [I]Augury[/I] to get the answer "Does the afterlife exist?" or "If I'm a bad person will I go to badafterlifeplace?" [I]and you get an answer[/I], that pretty much confirms it. * Of course, you always have things like the "We never went to the moon" or "They captured aliens at Area 54" that some claim as truth, and others will dismiss as bogus. "Know for a fact" is a tricky thing when it comes down to it - I'd say it's more appropriate "common belief states..." [/QUOTE]

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