The Goldsmith Analogy

Effective counter Disinfolklorists only accept my interpretations of Disinfolklore after, like a goldsmith, you have assayed by rubbing, cutting, and melting the truths I share with you.

Accept my word, not out of faith, but because it has passed your stringent mental testing regimen. By the time, you finish Counter Disinfolklore you will be able to parse information to determine the quality of its Mana. And, like an alchemist, you will be able to cook up in a cauldron of Disinfolklore of common-or-hi garden ingredients potent quantities of effective counter Disinfolklore.

Source: How I Fell for the Troll

The goldsmith analogy has Buddhist origins:

All I can do is reveal the state of the art of how I’m applying the Disinfolklore analytical method. And, like the Buddha, I don’t want you to agree with these judgments because I am making them. I’m hoping that if we all assay the content in our information-space as one assays gold by rubbing, cutting, & melting, we will defeat Ruschism and all those trying to destroy the post-WWII legal order.

Source: Meta-Disinfolklore (6)

Don’t believe because an authority says so. Test it. Rub, cut, melt — then decide.

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