The Sun is Not What we We Have Been Told....

[zenmaster]

My response was more in reference to conspiracy and such - how do we know what we know? Because I resonate with the idea? Because my guides told me so? Those are highly useful forms of knowing sometimes but not sufficient.

"Conspiracy and such" is a recognizable meme that will eventually outgrow its usefulness as distortions are removed. The ability to consider "that which resonates" has its beginnings which need to be explored just as any new faculty of awareness offers something novel of self to acknowledge and accept.
It's not just how do we know what we know, it's also how do we know what we don't know - also when, where and why. Becoming conscious of what informs experience is part of understanding the mind. When the nature of that mind is eventually seen is more primary than say, that meme which resonates with posited, yet truly speculative circumstance, then we are capable of more discernment because more of the self is participating.

Insufficiency is not apparent if what is suggested is compelling enough and matches current suspicions, desires, sense of balance, and general bias. Indeed, despite actual facts, the conspiracy-associated narrative is often used as a vehicle to (mostly unconsciously) promote one's own suspicions, desires, sense of balance, and general bias - however insufficient those may be. So the stories are often used as an attempt to communicate with self by providing an indirect yet safe way to address themes which have relevance to being deprived, resolving inner conflict and a need for transcendence.