Despite what Jack Nicholson says, we CAN all handle the truth.
However, as you may know, a little-known critical philosopher from the fifth century once maintained that the only thing we know for sure is that we know nothing at all. His radical abandonment for senseless, hasty criticism and categorization of life and Nature may have gotten him killed (by forced suicide); but, then again, he only taught Plato, who later taught Aristotle, who later taught Alexander the Great. His ethical belief to put everything into question is a founding element in modern philosophy and the scientific method. The dilemma of his irony is not to be misunderstood, however. In this instance, it should be interpreted as a matter of giving an individual the “benefit of the doubt.” Instead of bashing what you DON’T know Jamesdude can do, simply ask yourself: What do I know about Jamesdude?