Rational decision techniques and prognosis are functional equivalents that replace trust

Evidence

Distrust, however, is not just the opposite of trust; as such, it is also a functional equivalent for trust. For this reason one can (and must) make a choice between trust and distrust. — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 262 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Trust functions by pruning the over-complex future to fit the present; Distrust functions as an equivalent alternative to trust — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 262; Trust rests on structural system guarantees that relieve individuals of risk assessment (+1 more)

Related

• Distrust functions as an equivalent alternative to trust (similarity 0.86)
• Trust cannot be modeled as rational choice or probabilistic prediction (similarity 0.85)
• Trust gets replaced by calculated probability as system environments stabilize (similarity 0.83)
• Trusting always exceeds available evidence; reasons for trust are retrospective self-justification (similarity 0.81)
• Trust and distrust both reduce uncertainty but shape action differently (similarity 0.80)
• Trust functions by pruning the over-complex future to fit the present (similarity 0.80)
• Trust rests on structural system guarantees that relieve individuals of risk assessment (similarity 0.80)
• Trust is a theory about another’s future performance based on their claims (similarity 0.80)
• Differences in trust are epistemological, not psychological or irrational. (similarity 0.80)
• Trust and distrust are asymmetric when interests visibly conflict (similarity 0.79)
• Most trust is unreflective, routinized background assumption rather than calculated risk (similarity 0.79)
• Trust differs from confidence in that trust acknowledges alternatives and risks, confidence does not. (similarity 0.79)
• Testing trust requires a concrete setting and visible relation to one’s own risk decisions (similarity 0.79)
• Rational choice models miss that trust is decided without probabilistic knowledge at decision time (similarity 0.79)
• Trust is a degree of expected probability, not a separate decision layered onto risk. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Protected systems can replace trust with probability calculations #corroborates (0.75)
• Trust rests on structural system guarantees that relieve individuals of risk assessment #corroborates (0.70)
• Distrust functions as an equivalent alternative to trust #expands (0.60) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 262
• Trust functions by pruning the over-complex future to fit the present #qualifies (0.55)