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Why do I need to find multiple sources?

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The first man stumbled and fell into the elephant’s broad side and declared, “The elephant is like a wall.”

6 blind men went to observe an elephant, in order to draw a conclusion about what it was

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The second man felt the tusk, round and smooth and sharp, and declared, “the elephant is like a spear.”

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The third man happened to approach the squirming trunk and decided, “the elephant is like a snake.”

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The fourth man reached out and felt the sturdy leg and concluded that, “the elephant is like a tree.”

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The fifth man happened to touch the ear, and said it was clear as could be that the elephant was like a fan.

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Finally, the sixth man approached the swinging tail. “The elephant,” he said,” is like a rope.”

They were all a little bit right, but they were all very wrong.

'African elephant (Loxodonta africana)' http://www.flickr.com/photos/15745225@N00/3252847397

You need multiple perspectives, taken as a whole, in order to get the complete picture.