# How do you know what's true?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Sheila Marie Orfano
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Psychology and the brain, History, Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/sheila_marie_orfano_how_do_you_know_what_s_true)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

A samurai is found dead in a quiet bamboo grove. One by one, the crime's only known witnesses recount their version of the events. But as they each tell their tale, it becomes clear that every testimony is plausible yet different. And each witness implicates themselves. What's going on? Sheila Marie Orfano explores the phenomenon of warring perspectives known as the Rashomon effect. \[Directed by Jeremiah Dickey, narrated by Bethany Cutmore-Scott\].

## Lectures

1. [How do you know what's true?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/sheila_marie_orfano_how_do_you_know_what_s_true/6cbca0061188), 5 min (TED's player)