U.S. Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes argued that “the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market” (Abrams v. United States,...

U.S. Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes argued that “the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market” (Abrams v. United States, 1919, p. 630). Rational human beings, given time, will reject that which is false and embrace that which is true.