We Default to Trust—Even When We Shouldn’t
The case officers believed in their agents because:
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They had spent years building relationships.
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The agents seemed convincing.
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The information appeared credible.
It felt unthinkable that “one of our own” could betray them.
This reflects a powerful psychological tendency: we assume honesty as a default.
If we constantly suspected deception, society would collapse.
So we lean toward trust.
Lesson: Our natural instinct is to believe people.
That default-to-truth bias makes everyday life possible—but it also makes large-scale deception possible.
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