"Truth" is a slippery concept. How do you know the photo you're looking at shows your Auntie in her wedding dress? Mostly because the face resembles the one you recall. IOW, your mental image of her matches the photo well enough that you are willing to accept the photo as described by your family. Your memories of her make the photo a true image.
Truth isn't "out there". It’s "in here". It's a property of representations of the world. Pictures, descriptions, theories, etc. How do you know one such is true? Because it matches what you imagine to be reality. That image of reality is created from your memories of your experience.
Does that mean you can't rely on what you read and see in the media? No. It just means you need to think slow and analyse. That's a difficult habit to acquire.
2019-08-03
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