Minimal-trust investigations
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The activity that has been most formative for the way I think: suspending my trust in others and digging to the bottom of some claim.
Click lower right to download or find on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, etc. This piece is about the single activity ("minimal-trust investigations") that seems to have been most formative for the way I think. Most of what I believe is mostly based on trusting other people. For example: I brush my teeth twice a day, even though I've never read a study on the effects of brushing one's teeth, never tried to see what happens when I don't brush my teeth, and have no idea what's in toothpaste. It seems like most reasonable-seeming people think it's worth brushing your teeth, and that's about th
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