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The rules for Truth are different. Truth only loses in compromise. When you have a true belief, only additional verification (ie confirmation bias) is a possible way to improve your position. (though there are plenty of ways to improve how it's presented and/or received) When you're right, your problem isn't to obtain information, but to be able to show why/how you're right. When you've found truth, your project is filtration and integration based on previously held-beliefs, the same as the search for truth, but you'll no longer be able to find any valid refutation. Further, the search for truth is an entirely different enterprise than disseminating truth when you've found it. When you're a True expert in Truth, you can only rely upon yourself to validate your opinions until you can verify that someone else is on the same level of understanding. There's a reason why gurus live on mountaintops.

There's also a reason why gurus remain silent. Ramana Maharshi didn't speak for 7 years after his Enlightenment experience.

Pretty much all of the "truth" discussed at this forum is relative, referring to the illusion. Absolute Truth (the knowledge of such being wisdom) is the state transcendent of thought. Given that the vast majority of people can't remain thought free for more than a few seconds, there's a lot of intelligence out there and hardly any wisdom.

The proof of "correctness" is verified in your own life. If your life is full of stress, problems, anxiety, etc. then your belief systems are not Truth, no matter how self-consistent or logically sound they appear.