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Originally Posted by davidd
To accept a message without first evaluating the source is suicide...
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Which implies that some sources are infallible and others always wrong. It's also the attitude which renders most people incapable of arguing their position: something we see a lot of on here and in the world at large these days.
I would rather be wrong, but have an opinion I have formed myself, than swallow the "right" person's views whole. Often there is no right or wrong and most of the time, there are merits and flaws on both sides.
But the real point about paying attention to the message and not the messenger is it means that you trust your own judgement enough to evaluate what you read and hear, no matter what its source. Whether you should have that much confidence in yourself is another question entirely...