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So two questions, one on epistemology, one on ethics.

And the first one is, Steph, why do you say that you only generally trust people

who've worked with their hands at some point in their lives, worked manual labor at some point in their lives. Well, that's a great question.

And I've really touched on it here and there. I might as well give you a more concentrated answer.

Now, I am fully aware of the fact that a lot of what I say is necessary to be a good philosopher is what I have done.

So I just want to put that right up front.

There could be confirmation bias.

I'm aware of that.

But I also have looked for this over the course of my life and found it to be a consistent principle.

Is it 100%?

No, it's not. It is not deductive reasoning. It is

inductive reasoning, which means that you're looking at the balance of probabilities. But

most of life is inductive reasoning, not deductive reasoning, so that's where the most value is.

But it doesn't provide you certainty, but we mostly have to make our decisions on probabilities.

Like if you're taking a job, you have to take a job accepting that the probability of a better job,

falling into your lap between the time that you decide to take the job and

show up at the job is very low. If you are selling your house, you have to accept the probability

that an offer out of nowhere that's double the price of your house isn't going to come in from

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