The sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.
--George Gurdjieff
Trust but verify.
--Ronald Reagan
ABSTRACT
HOW CAN ONE VERIFY THE ACCURACY OF RECORDED INFORMATION (e.g., information found in books, newspapers, and on Web sites)? In this paper, I argue that work in the epistemology of testimony (especially that of philosophers David Hume and Alvin Goldman) can help with this important practical problem in library and information ...