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> I just don’t trust anything Surely you trust a lot of things and people every day. One cannot make up ones mind about almost anything without being influenc
by staunton 2y ago
> I just don’t trust anything
Surely you trust a lot of things and people every day.
One cannot make up ones mind about almost anything without being influenced by others, nor without taking into account information received from others. The point is to always be willing to question and revise one's opinions while consciously making decisions despite uncertainty.
- sillysaurusx 2y agoIt seems like we’re saying the same thing. Trust implies that you can afford to outsource your skepticism. Being willing to question whoever you trust is at odds with that. It’s probably more accurate to say that whenever someone says something, it’s treated as an independent data point, each of which is assigned somewhere between "probably true" and "probably false". The datapoints get updated as more observations about the world come in. Observations are different than taking someone’s word for it.
- amalcon 2y agoThat assigned probability is a function of trust in the speaker, prior plausibility, other available information, and the consequences of being wrong in either direction. You can't avoid the trust question by talking about probability.