Jake wrote:
Richard wrote:
Nice!
This is where the rubber meets the road...two world views in
collision...each using the same words in the same way (more or less)...with
radically different conclusions...
Things don't often get delineated this clearly around here!
The first sentiment is plain enough, but what does it mean to trust someone
despite reasons not to?
(I feel like I understand what it means until I try to bring it into focus
and then it melts away...it brings to my mind the idea that by giving trust
one can generate trust; similar to the idea that giving responsibility can
be a catalyst for generating responsible behavior. The complex feedback and
feedforward of social dynamics...extremely hard to fit into the tiny boxes
of a "rational" world view...I have no idea if this is anything like what
<<I can trust somebody until I have reasons not to.>>
<<I can trust somebody even if I have reasons not to.>>
Cheers,
Deron