When human beings see things, we tend to believe what we see. That is one reason why eye-witness testimony is so valuable in court.
Many of the things we see have changed, however. The things we see now are largely videos produced by someone else, and broadcasts that are made to fit a television screen.
Videos can be doctored and seemingly, they often are.
Broadcasts that are made to fit a television screen necessarily leave anything out that is not photographed by a camera. This phenomenon is not limited to televisions. It is familiar to anyone who has taken a picture that could not capture the complete scene of what was being photographed.
Seeing may not be believing any more. Or to put it another way, "Seeing is believing?" Not so much.
So why do many of us still say it is?
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