Others’ reactions confirm the validity of one’s own experiences

Evidence

Central to these subjects’ experience of rule breaching” is the role played by another’s reaction to one’s own action, in confirming the validity of the prior experience on which that action was based. As many authors have observed, without such confirmation the social world becomes unintelligible and seemingly unknowable (see for example Kelly 1955; Laing 1965; Rogers 1972). — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 519

Categorization

• XREF: Confirmation of experience through another’s reaction is exactly what blindness removes — sight dies, reactions become unconfirmable.