Really like this part:

This is information. It is being promoted. But what does it mean? Did it even happen? How can I know? Some news article said. Maybe someone was there to verify that quote was said. *But I don’t know who picked that quote to be put in the article or why a news story was created around it. But someone does. Someone can interpret that info. And it means something to them and it means next to nothing to everybody else.

The meta-focus on intent of author and publisher.

If you want to trust a source you have to know the source and be familiar with the topic enough to decide for yourself.

Sometimes, I don't trust things I tell myself, about myself. Lol. I'm my own source, that presumably I know very well, and we're talking about something near and dear to both of us, us! Me! Example: I probably think I'm a better person than I really "am". Or maybe worse? That an event happened a certain way, years, minutes or seconds ago.

Especially when thinking of intent, this seems to happen more often.

Whether a door slammed in another room, or was it a book dropping?

The closer we get to a physical event the more probable, it seems to me, that I can trust my eyes, ears, etc. Memory is another matter! Esp as I age! Ha ha!

There's an author, Robert Anton Wilson, have you heard of him? Housewife, lemme tell ya, he goes off on this topic! "Quantum Psychology", especially, delves into e-prime, quantum theory, shhht, I don't even remember all the topics. Mr. Wilson has a very non-traditional way of approaching the subject, lets say. I'll be generous and say that it seems very relaxed and informal ...while still getting into the nuts and bolts of epistemology.

Excerpt about e-prime: http://rawilson.com/quantum-psychology/

An intersection of semantics, physics and epistemology. With practical applications thrown in. And Bob's ....unique approach.

Love it and have been a fan for about 20 years. Lol.