THE FACT IS – YOU RARELY KNOW WHAT THE TRUTH IS – 3 OBSERVATIONS Have you ever had someone lean over at a dinner party and give you the ‘inside story’ on how the CIA killed Kennedy, or that Bush knew about 9/11, Harold Holt was taken by the Chinese, or that Malcolm Turnbull did […]

THE FACT IS – YOU RARELY KNOW WHAT THE TRUTH IS – 3 OBSERVATIONS Have you ever had someone lean over at a dinner party and give you the ‘inside story’ on how the CIA killed Kennedy, or that Bush knew about 9/11, Harold Holt was taken by the Chinese, or that Malcolm Turnbull did a deal with the right of his party on climate change? I am sure you have. We are all beneficiaries of such ‘scoops’ from time to time, and perhaps more often. The fact is, however, you don’t know the truth of such stories and, in most cases, you never will.  You simply listen and then make a choice about whether to believe the story of not, depending on a range of factors including how consistent it is with the many other things you believe. Deep down, you know that it is very unlikely that the…