Confidence is not evidence

Am I being told the truth? I have a tendency to enjoy grandiloquence; if someone speaks with certainty and flourished prose, I'm captivated 1 . I often mistake this awe-inspiring confidence for the delivery of truth. Like many, I used to follow online mentors . And I would, sometimes for hours, listen to their views. There was something deeply comforting about thinking that someone, somewhere, had…