ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

W. K. Clifford

W.K. Clifford was a very smart man who lived a long time ago. He thought a lot about how we know things and what we should believe.

Clifford believed that we should only believe things that we have good reasons for believing. He compared believing something without good reasons to getting on a boat that we know might sink. It's not a good idea because we could get hurt.

To avoid believing things without good reasons, Clifford said we should ask questions and investigate things before we decide to believe them. He also said that it's important to not just believe something because it's what our friends or family believe, or because we want it to be true. We should only believe things if we have good reasons for believing them.

Clifford's ideas are important because they remind us to be curious and to think for ourselves. We should always ask questions and investigate things before we decide to believe them. This way, we can avoid believing things that aren't true and be sure that we are making good choices.