He smiled. "A thing is true because we believe it. If we stop believing, it stops being true."
"We stop believing because new evidence comes along," I said.
"You think that? How sweet. No, really it's all about fashion, like hairdos and hemlines and tassels on cushions. We believe something because people we think are really cool tell us it's true. Then we shape the evidence to fit, like a blacksmith bending iron. Or we just believe, because the truth is so self-evident it needs no proof, and no proof can shake our belief."
K.J. Parker - 'A Practical Guide To Conquering The World'
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