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Podcast: Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show
Episode: The Old Man
Description: When you see something that the government or an elected official proclaims as true, how do you know that it is not? Look, I get the old joke about their lips move, but more seriously, how do you know that they are not telling you the truth?
For example, if the history books told you that Abe Lincoln "freed" the slaves, or that George Washington was just a slaver, or that Thomas Jefferson was a misogynist and a racist, how would know that it was or was not true?
What about things more recent? What i...