I don't believe you, I think you

In 1924, Scheler published Sociology of knowledge. He distinguishes, in that book, between opinion and thought. He demonstrates how opinion is based on belief and how this pairing is typical of medieval 'knowledge': there was no need to prove anything. The opinion was the knowledge, the mere word was the foundation and the verification.

This German philosopher and anthropologist also describes how thought based on evidence is typical of modern times, that is, knowledge was no longer subject to opinion. The truth was no longer the property of a belief but of a rational, methodical search: evidence.

From there comes this unquestionable certainty: believing in what someone says for the mere fact that they say it (with or without tears, because crying is not -as far as I know- proof of any truth... Elizabeth Taylor cried profusely daily and that was achieved by being an actress, precisely) is to solve dilemmas in a medieval way.

If we are going to change the rational model for the medieval model, we will not only enable modern inquisitions, but sadly we will be going back 300 years in history. It is not, I think, very difficult to understand.

I don't believe you, I think you.