>>509918603
>You have to either assume they're all real, or assume none of them are real.

Very much this. This is one of the 'gates' you have to pass through.

>>509918644
>the whole time people confirm each other biases without bothering to check

"Normalizing". A thing happens, a narrative is created, the clash between what happened and what was said happened merges and becomes 'common knowledge'.

>>509918486
>and continue to fail using their low trust behavior and lack of skills.

A filter for the NPCs.