Honestly, this kind of response doesn’t make sense and is likely to produce the opposite effect, so I’ll try to put it as straightforwardly as possible.
Maybe it works in a perfect ideal world where everyone who touched the text is 100% trustworthy, 100% of the time.
But in the real world where clearly that’s not the case… and everyone shown in the author list has had ulterior motives at least once in their past, there’s simply no way for a passing reader to be sure there weren’t also ulterior motives in this instance.
Of course they can’t prove a negative either… but that’s the inherent nature of making claims without having completely solid proof.
Honestly, this kind of response doesn’t make sense and is likely to produce the opposite effect, so I’ll try to put it as straightforwardly as possible.
Maybe it works in a perfect ideal world where everyone who touched the text is 100% trustworthy, 100% of the time.
But in the real world where clearly that’s not the case… and everyone shown in the author list has had ulterior motives at least once in their past, there’s simply no way for a passing reader to be sure there weren’t also ulterior motives in this instance.
Of course they can’t prove a negative either… but that’s the inherent nature of making claims without having completely solid proof.