Testimony is Evidence

[Thumpalumpacus]

All of which are external to my "witness testimony". Next.

So what?

You clearly asked if it was rational to believe your statement. That very question requires that I use reasoning internal to me. 

If you deny me my own reasoning to investigate your intended meaning, then your statement was not meant to convey meaning and so you have said the equivalent of nothing.

You're making his point for him, Steve. If you're assessing the validity of testimony, you're not taking it at face value. That is an implicit admission of its doubtful utility. Also, I'm here to testify that he's right.

People lie. People hear, see, and remember things wrongly. People do not always get the context of a sequence of events. These are failings that testimony suffers.

If there is physical evidence contradicting testimonial, we all accept the former and not the latter, correct? (Well, maybe not all, but most of us). You know why? Because reality doesn't lie. Reality doesn't misinterpret events. And generally speaking, it is pretty easy to understand so long as you're not paying attention to the testimony of people who don't know their ass from third base about reality.