Someone asked, “You always say not to trust others easily, and the world has a massive amount of information every day—how should I make judgments?” Actually, the method is very simple: break any information into three layers to look at it. First, look at the facts—are there verifiable anchor points, rather than just listening to the narrative. Second, look at the logic—do the causal relationships between these facts hold, and are there any leaps or substitutions of concepts. Third, look at the emotions—does this information deliberately try to stir up your fear, greed, or herd mentality to push you into making a decision. Many times you get deceived not because you’re not smart, but because you only looked at one layer. So judging whether something is true or false isn’t, in essence, about finding an “absolute truth,” but using facts to filter what’s being presented, using logic to test whether it holds, and using emotions to reduce interference.