Plausibility Structures

So much to learn.  So much I have never heard of.
Like “Plausibility Structures.”  For me it was like a double take and “say what’ moment.  Wikipedia says of Plausibility Structures, “the sociocultural contexts for systems of meaning within which these meanings make sense, or are made plausible.”
I learned there are three main influences of Plausibility structures.  Community, experience, and facts figures and data.  What really surprised me was what has been found to exert the greatest influence.  I would have said it was facts and data.  But no, it was community.
I am big on all three.  I am in a community of like minded people, I have had experiences that give me confidence I am on the right track and facts and figures support what I think.
Yet thinking about it, community is a great influence - even when it is not to do with “meaning of life” stuff.   For example I enjoy stamps.  If I surround myself with 10 people that are into it to, I am likely to explore the subject and share my discoveries with others.  If on the other hand I am surrounded by 10 people who never give stamps a second thought, I am more likely to neglect my collection.
I actually like the concept.  It is important to me that the facts and figures add up.  I have no desire to be involved in something that is built on a fairy tale and is believed for no other reason than others believe it.  My experience also has to correlate with my belief system.  I am very much not a “just because” person.  I will run a mile from something where the fact and data do not add up and my experience is contrary to what is held to.
Yet if those are satisfied, I am a big believer in the power of community.  So much can be achieved when a community work together.  I am seeing big time the power of the opposite at the moment.  Communities tearing themselves apart.  Yet I have seen and am seeing what can be achieved when communities work together.  That to me is constructive.  Not working together is destructive.