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The trust part is me trusting you to want to do the right thing. The verify part is me checking that nothing went wrong - either through a mistake on your part,
by scarejunba 8y ago
The trust part is me trusting you to want to do the right thing. The verify part is me checking that nothing went wrong - either through a mistake on your part, a misunderstanding on mine, or just the signal loss from the fact that human communication is imperfect.
- stupidcar 8y agoYou've just restated the original post and ignored my question. Again: how does this definition of supposed trust differ from distrust in any verifiable way?
- scarejunba 8y agoIt affects our interaction. Because I assume you'll act in good faith, I only add verification in the range of errors not in the range of malice.
- stupidcar 8y agoIt seems to me that the range of human error is rarely smaller than that of malice, so again I'm not sure there will be much apparent difference between an exhaustive verification of either sort.
- scarejunba 8y agoIs that true in your interactions with other people? I have not seen that be the case. The distribution is very different.
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- fbarred 8y agoTrust but verify: I will trust you will do X, and will do Y in return, but I will verify that you are actually doing X. Example: mutual disarmament treaties with Soviet Union, Iran nuclear deal. Don't trust: I will not even engage with you and will not do Y. Example: the belief by some that US should not engage in high-level diplomatic talks with North Korea on disarmament because North Korea has no incentive to follow through on its promises.