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#7 Who Should We Believe?

 

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People on the earth are becoming increasingly ignorant. Do you agree? Let me persuade you. The total amount of human knowledge is increasing rapidly. 100 years ago the total was much less than today. How much of that total can any one person know? Not much. One person can know only a small percentage of the total. That percentage is decreasing because the total is growing so fast. Do you agree with my explanation? This is an important truth. It is a self-evident truth. This truth helps remember to be skeptical when we hear how much a person knows