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