Heated Bread Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Gullible easily taken in or tricked easily deceived or cheated; naive; credulous. A derivative of archaic gull, "dupe" or "simpleton." naive and easily deceived or tricked easily tricked because of being too trusting easily tricked or fooled. If there was proof - there wouldn't be belief - but knowing. Believing is what you do when proof is abscent. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=gullible gul·li·ble /ˈɡələb(ə)l/ adjective adjective: gullible easily persuaded to believe something; credulous. my sides! Top of the page. By the way, knowledge is often considered a subset of belief. If you know something, you believe it, while you can believe something without knowing it. A suitable analogy might be that not all dogs are poodles, but all poodles are dogs. Not all beliefs are known to be true, but all knowledge is believed truth. See the ancient philosopher Plato if you're interested. Anyway, 'credulous', a synonym for gullible, will do fine if you prefer that instead. It makes no difference to me. My point remains the same. Good day, sir! I said good day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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