http://www.andrewpatrick.ca/human-nature/over-trusting-as-a-biological-disorder Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:03:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.andrewpatrick.ca/human-nature/over-trusting-as-a-biological-disorder/comment-page-1#comment-20375 jason Nolan Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:35:18 +0000 http://www.andrewpatrick.ca/human-nature/over-trusting-as-a-biological-disorder/#comment-20375 I'm always watching for this sort of stuff because i have an impaired social mechanism (with MRIs to prove it ;). I find this whole trust thing strange. I casually say that I trust anyone and anything, but will not make decisions based on 'trust'. It is better to have a contingent trusting heuristic where one can watch for signs of internal validity in terms of someone's actions... how do they act in terms of themselves. That's a better metric, imho, because I can say that action x will benefit me and this person, and this person always acts to benefit themselves (and who ever else is part of the action), so I can trust that they will act in their own best interests. Voila, I can give them whatever, and know that things will turn out as expected. I think this has served me better than people who live with the fictional delusion that they can assess moral character. Neat post. I’m always watching for this sort of stuff because i have an impaired social mechanism (with MRIs to prove it . I find this whole trust thing strange. I casually say that I trust anyone and anything, but will not make decisions based on ‘trust’. It is better to have a contingent trusting heuristic where one can watch for signs of internal validity in terms of someone’s actions… how do they act in terms of themselves. That’s a better metric, imho, because I can say that action x will benefit me and this person, and this person always acts to benefit themselves (and who ever else is part of the action), so I can trust that they will act in their own best interests. Voila, I can give them whatever, and know that things will turn out as expected. I think this has served me better than people who live with the fictional delusion that they can assess moral character. Neat post.

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