This is the attitude we need to teach average people to take every time they see a video as proof of something. Especially if the video otherwise reinforces some sort of ideological position they hold.
Not really. Can you show some evidence that Guinness has been party to falsifying their world record certifications in the past? Or give any reason to believe that Lars (who is well known in the trick archery world) faked the video?
What you're doing is spreading FUD, which is far worse and erodes basic trust - a tenant that society depends on.
I think you might have missed the point-- I don't think the poster you are responding to is actually endorsing the view that this video is fake, they're saying the skepticism applied to it would be useful more broadly.
The point that Guinness witnessed it and that Lars is well known are great ones-- but there are many things people believe unquestionably which don't have evidence anywhere near as strong as that.
Nobody is trusting the video alone. Guinness has certified this (NOT via the video), and Guinness has a reputation that - so far that I know - is beyond reproach. As does the archer himself.
I'll take that as a no, you can't provide any evidence to support your suspicion that this video is faked. Even just something like "He's lied in the past" would suffice, but you can't even do that.
This is an incredibly inefficient way of learning the world and while it may optimize for being wrong less, you will also be right less often as well. One should be critical in assessing whether one should be critical.
I think huristics of scepticism are useful when there is really something at stake, however they can become toxic to simply enjoying the wonder of life. They specifically require you to not assume positive intentions of others.
In this case, I'm fine to assume it could easily be faked, but wasn't.
