Trust attributed via a trusted proxy is not an invalid strategy. We don't have time to verify everything. Once you've rediscovered fire and are finishing up on

Trust attributed via a trusted proxy is not an invalid strategy. We don't have time to verify everything. Once you've rediscovered fire and are finishing up on reinventing the wheel, you come a point where you've got to delegate some tasks to others, perhaps trust them. And if you trust them, you probably impart some of the trust in their character to the opinion they utter. Nothing wrong in that.