I’ve had discussions about evidence with a lot of people, mostly in the effort to establish to them that what they were relying on as their own “proof” was questionable at best – more often simply wishful thinking. Confirmation bias is perhaps the worst trait that humans have, allowing us to assure ourselves that we’re right, without all the hassle of actually establishing it. Very efficient, perhaps, but not terribly useful.

Absolutely no one, for instance, has accomplished the level of proof that I have, just yesterday. Forget grilled cheese sandwiches and silly little shrouds; it’s really hard to argue against finding this when I was clearing out a planter from last year:
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