5th October 2019, 4:25 PM
I mean, we have evidence. There's whole chains of where claims came from, and they can be followed. I believe that's how people used to confirm facts before smellovision.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)