Personality versus needs of the bodg

Body*

sounds religious

I disagree to me but to you I see how

lot of "believing" almost got cher stuck in my head...

Oh dear I'm sorry. Idk how it sounds but it seems you don't like that song

I don't think it's easy to separate knowledge from belief

I agree @Copernicus

We memorize things but we believe it to be true more because we trust others

Testing it for yourself is better

Right, and at some point you have to trust what information you are given by others because you don't have the time to deduce everything yourself

Or you are just illogical and think rank means higher intelligence

Either way

do you though, have to trust others?

I'll delegate a lot of thinking to others because it's just easier that way

No @Paradox

The only time it's in your interest to not trust someone is if they encourage you to act in a way that you already understand to be wrong

I don't trust anyone but I do have to act like it to accomplish tasks. If they are wrong and I fail due to their false info, I merely blame them or myself depending on the scenario but..

This is basic

Not really @Copernicus

Hence, you don't want to be completely ignorant, because people will take advantage of you. But in order to gain knowledge and decrease your own ignorance quickly, you have to rely on others to fill you in on what you don't know and hope that they aren't deceiving you

People are tricked when the person they trust actually acts very trustworthy first.

Hey, none of us are immune to a good con artist's tricks. If you think you are, you aren't.

You can't fully trust anyone since there is a potential for a genius trickster who does everything in a trustworthy manner until it's too late

That's my point @Copernicus

this man speaks truth

But more like if you think you can trust someone, you're at a disadvantage

However

I'm not a paranoid wreck

I do let my guard down

I'm not sure what constitutes a good con artist.

I have to think I can trust at least a subset of people, otherwise life is just too hard

Hard

I find it fun that way

yeah, but the base operation should be distrust until proven otherwise.

It makes sense from what I've seen

Imagine being so distrusting that you started to doubt the calorie count on a nutrition label

That's no way to live

@!dammnation3(Liberalist) even then, proven otherwise doesn't mean they will always be trustworthy

sure.

@Copernicus but that happens