Fiona said:
But you had asked me how *I* regard canon. In the example you cited, I would regard as canon the fact that Blake said he was 34. Whether he
really
was, or why he would say so if he wasn't, is not canon (provided we aren't given any other canonical information on the subject.)
Actually Blake's clone said that, and might have been provided with disinformation for some dubious Federated purpose.
-(Y)