Truth is defined as claims confirmed to such an extent that it is rational to offer provisional assent, while recognizing that one should never assign absolute certainty to any proposition.

“truth is defined I define truth as something confirmed to such an extent it would be rational to offer our provisional ascent that is to say truth of the small t provisional I could change my mind tomorrow in basian language”

People are not by default truth-seeking machines and require guardrails to prevent them from veering into misinformation when they are not incentivized to think critically.

“I think that humans are not by default truth-seeking machines. And it's interesting to me because I feel like skeptical people fall into this, but skeptical people know more than anything else. You have to train your mind really hard to not fall into bad thought patterns.”

She asserts that individuals should be cautious about believing video evidence or out-of-context clips as they can be misleading.

“and so you need to recognize that you need to realize that video footage or photos and visual media media can be very convincing and”