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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 22 January 2014 12:00:22AM 1 point [-]

Once something is generally accepted and people stop arguing about it, there is no strong mechanism rejecting false beliefs.

Memetic evolution. The fact that a belief has survived for a long time, and survived the rise and fall of civilizations, is evidence in it's favor.