Different cultures drew different pictures in the same stars. Same sky, different stories. That’s most arguments.

People looking at identical facts can assemble them into different shapes, and both shapes can be internally consistent. That is why so many arguments cannot be settled by repeating the evidence; the disagreement is in the pattern drawn over it, not in the dots. It does not mean the other person is lying to you.

In your next real disagreement, state what the other person is seeing before you argue about who is right. Not agreeing, just describing. Half the time the argument turns out to be about which pattern matters more.