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Trust but verify (lemmy.ca)

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A video showing beans being poured into a cup sitting atop of a scale, atop of another scale. Both scales measure the beans concurrently.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It resolves if you realize that “trust” can refer to an action taken which will only turn out okay if the thing trusted is indeed trustworthy.

For example, a field agent reports that there’s a forbidden shipment of firearms passing through X port on such a such date.

“Trust but verify” in this situation means:

Trust the intel by adding security to that port
Verify the intel by checking with other redundant agents

That’s my take on it at least. You take whatever action would be warranted if the intel is correct. But you also work to verify the intel (you just don’t wait for the confirmation to take action).

edit: this is a wild guess, by the way

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

This is exactly it. The OPs analogy of his wife cheating needs a bit of a tweak because the assumption his wife is predicated on the fact that she was unfaithful at some point.

A lighter example might be trust your wife started the dishwasher. You verify that she did by checking the dish detergent door.