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What does it mean?
Sight provides more precise evidence than hearing.
In plain terms
Seeing is more reliable than listening.
What can you take from it?
Trust what you see over what you hear.

Where it applies

  • investigations
  • witnessing events

Putting it to work

  • observe directly
  • record visual data

Questions to consider

  • How do you verify information you hear?
  • When might hearing be more trustworthy than seeing?

Another view

Eyes can be deceived by illusion.

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