ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Münchhausen trilemma

Münchhausen trilemma is like a riddle. It is a problem that seems impossible to solve. It goes like this: If you want to know if something is true, you have to figure out if it is true by either trusting somebody else, relying on your own judgement, or having proof. But if you trust someone else, you don't know if their judgement is right. And if you rely on yourself, you don't know if you have enough knowledge to make the right judgement. And no matter how much proof you have, you can't be sure that it isn't fake. So, it seems like there's no possible way to know if something is true! That's the Münchhausen trilemma!