accept the fact that everything you see/hear/read is shrouded in bullshit of some kind, to some degree
I would say to do your own experiments, but people have been known to bullshit themselves.
The pure scientific method works
But it's like the free market.
Ideally, it's great;
in reality, It doesn't work as well as you think it does.
When you add the human factor, things get screwed up
The best thing you can do is know what the bullshit filters are and try your best to remove them
Go straight to the source of the data and know how to interpret it. Don't let someone else interpret it for you.
And lastly, admit that you are going to believe what you want to believe, regardless.
