What is an assumption historians make when they evaluate a source of information?
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They know an expert will provide the most accurate information.
The historians, when evaluating a source of information, often face a big problem, in order to find the most accurate source of information, and a source that will not be biased. Since lots of people have got involved into writing of the history of the mankind, it can be very hard to judge what is right, what is a lie, what's a propaganda, or what is exaggerated. In general, the historians that are really in the search of truth, and trusting the most the information from the experts in the field, that seem to not have a tendency to be biased.
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