“A liberal society stands on the proposition that we should all take seriously the idea that we might be wrong. This means we must place no one, including ourselves, beyond the reach of criticism; it means that we must allow people to err, even where the error offends and upsets, as it often will.”

- Johnathon Rausch

1) no one owns the blessings of what is knowledge by virtue of any sort of implied authority.

2) all accepted knowledge is open to revision upon new evidence or proof

This is a good read that articulates this more than I can.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/703086.Kindly_Inquisitor...