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Just because someone says something is so does not necessarily make it so. Hence, with secondary sources, care must be taken to avoid overstatement or overemphasis. If Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar says that [[PROUT]] takes a particular stand, then PROUT takes that stand. Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, as the propounder of PROUT, is the ultimate authority on the subject. If someone else, even a genuine scholar well-versed in matters connected with the subject, claims that PROUT takes a particular stand, the only thing we know for certain is that this person ''claims'' that PROUT takes that stand. | Just because someone says something is so does not necessarily make it so. Hence, with secondary sources, care must be taken to avoid overstatement or overemphasis. If Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar says that [[PROUT]] takes a particular stand, then PROUT takes that stand. Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, as the propounder of PROUT, is the ultimate authority on the subject. If someone else, even a genuine scholar well-versed in matters connected with the subject, claims that PROUT takes a particular stand, the only thing we know for certain is that this person ''claims'' that PROUT takes that stand. | ||
In the same way as conventional wisdom might be mistaken, sources (and even logic) might be mistaken. Therefore, in the interest of truth, all three methods of attaining knowledge (perception, inference, and authority) should be utilized as much as possible. Whenever a judicious use of all three methods weighs against any published secondary source, that secondary source may be reported in a neutral fashion | In the same way as conventional wisdom might be mistaken, sources (and even logic) might be mistaken. Therefore, in the interest of truth, all three methods of attaining knowledge (perception, inference, and authority) should be utilized as much as possible. Whenever a judicious use of all three methods weighs against any published secondary source, that secondary source may be reported in a neutral fashion, but the context should make clear, either explicitly or implicitly, that the secondary source is likely to be wrong. All content in a ''Critiques'' section of an article may be assumed to meet this requirement. | ||
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