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Seeing is believing

Cultural  
  1. I'll believe it when I see it with my own eyes.


seeing is believing Idioms  
  1. Only physical or concrete evidence is convincing, as in She wrote us that she's lost twenty pounds, but seeing is believing. This idiom was first recorded in this form in 1639.


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When AI can generate convincing photos and text, “‘seeing is believing’ is no longer the case,” he said.

From MarketWatch

The phrase “seeing is believing” is turned upside down.

From Barron's

"Seeing is believing here," said National Australia Bank's Ray Attrill.

From Barron's

Seeing is believing, of course.

From BBC

"Seeing is believing. This work shows that SPNS2 is directly exporting S1P for signalling and it is possible to inhibit its transport function with small molecules. This work provides the foundation for understanding of how S1P is released by SPNS2 and how this protein function is inhibited by small molecules for treatment of inflammatory diseases," said team leader Dr Nguyen Nam Long.

From Science Daily