I forget what the percentage was, but I read online about how many people shared stories that they found out was fake. The argument being made was that the number was too high. I won't hesitate to say that the number was actually too low.
You have fallen for fake news at some point. I can say this with confidence despite not knowing anything about the people who will read this. This is because of something that you can find in my list of defining beliefs. True knowledge does not exist. This means that there is always a possibility that something that seems true could be wrong.
There is a lot of inaccurate information out there. This includes many questionable sources that people trust, such as the mainstream media. There are no sources that are truly trustworthy right now. Even if there were, you would not be able to guarantee perfection.
There have to be limits to how much we have to trust a story before we treat it as fact. Again, there is always a way for anything to be false. For example, is the world round? I have seen pictures and maps that certainly fit the idea, but I have never been to space to see the curvature first hand. Even if I did, how could I be certain that I had not been unknowingly put into a sophisticated simulator? I could address other possible ways that I could be wrong about the shape of the planet, but why bother? The world is primarily round. I may not be 100% on this issue, but the alternative is so unrealistic that it's not worth serious consideration.
There are no news stories that we can share which we can be completely certain are truthful. If we actively share news, we will eventually share stories that turn out to be fake. When I read about how many people have discovered that information they shared was fake, I can only interpret the data reasonably in one way. The numbers provided can only make sense if people refuse to admit when they make mistakes.
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