On 08/05/2006, at 6:28 PM, Dan Minette wrote:
On May 7, 2006, at 9:49 PM, Dave Land wrote:
Based on some of the threads around here lately, I think there are
some who would not accept the existence of friendship without a
double-blind test.
Or, one could say that friendship requires some faith in the other
person.
One could. But honestly, do you trust someone without *any* prior
knowledge of how they're likely to act? Of course not. Trust is
earned, on the most part, and "faith in someone" is a synonym for
trust, not for unevidenced belief.
Charlie
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