Episode 1 - Accepting knowledge claims always involves an element of trust - To what extent is this true?

In our first episode we address the following prompt taken from the May 2021 IB Theory of Knowledge essay questions:

“Accepting knowledge claims always involves an element of trust.”

Diversions/Examples include:
- The flat earth guy
- A duplicitous professor from John's past
- Going blind from drinking moonshine
- Aaron distrusts cats.

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Sources (of varying quality) on moonshine:

 https://www.reddit.com/r/firewater/comments/cv4bu8/methanol_some_information/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/30/fact-check-u-s-government-poisoned-some-alcohol-during-prohibition/3283701001/  

 https://slate.com/technology/2010/02/the-little-told-story-of-how-the-u-s-government-poisoned-alcohol-during-prohibition.html