“When acquiring new information, one can’t just blindly believe others as they might have the wrong information too. You have to get information from multiple sources, cross-reference it and then once it tests out and works, you can move forward. They have used something similar to the scientific method, but unlike Earth where the scientific method is widespread, information in the Ten Realms is limited and few people are willing to share it to those they know, let alone strangers.” Erik shook his head.
Provenance and veracity are importan to all fields of study. Thus the reason science places such much importance on replicatable results and history places emphasis on primary sources for two easy examples.
