Some ideas you are willing to assume by default, to take on faith, due to trust.

Because you want it to be true, or it aligns with your priors (your experience).

Those are the ideas you believe in, that you assume are correct by default.

Some ideas you are more skeptical, and say "prove it to me."

Those are the ones you don't already believe in.

We think that we're exhibiting proper skepticism in all ideas, but really we're spending time on the ones we don't believe in already and letting the ones we believe in slide.

Our values configure which things we treat with skepticism and what things we treat with credulity.