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Because information is always subjective, always - however unintentionally - biassed. If you and I have an argument today and write down the details of it tomorrow, the two accounts will be different, each giving more importance to his own opinions. A historian therefore - or a judge - likes to listen to both sides and, if possible, the accounts of other witnesses, before being able to write a balanced version of the story which migh be somewhere near the actual truth.

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So that they can eliminate any bias by seeing it from a number of different peoples points of view. This allows them to ultimately come to a more accurate conclusion or description of the event.

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