Choosing a partner at random under uncertainty is hope, not trust

Evidence

Moreover, if we do not have any firm idea as to whether we can trust a particular individual - the probability is set at 0.50 - we may do away with the problem by choosing at random. This too, as in the case of forced reliance on someone else, is more a matter of hope than trust - at least in the first instance, when we If the pressure to act is great even when the trust threshold is lower than 0. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2763

Categorization

• DEFINE: Draws the boundary between trust and hope — a precise conceptual distinction the reader’s synthesis needs.