What you say is true and uncontroversial, so far as I am concerned. But give me an answer to the question. I see some people on this site insisting on documentary evidence (not a bad insistence) and other people accepting as fact the wildest fancies having no basis in reality (I think you can guess who). When do we take an inside rumor with a thoughtful "hmmm" and put it on a separate shelf to be mindful of in light of subsequent events?
What you say is true and uncontroversial, so far as I am concerned. But give me an answer to the question. I see some people on this site insisting on documentary evidence (not a bad insistence) and other people accepting as fact the wildest fancies having no basis in reality (I think you can guess who). When do we take an inside rumor with a thoughtful "hmmm" and put it on a separate shelf to be mindful of in light of subsequent events?