# proof or trust?

**Is trust built from experience a different kind of knowing than proof?**

Mathematicians trust arithmetic because nobody has found a contradiction in centuries. That is evidence of a different kind than a proof, and it is the only kind a system can have about itself.

Connects to:
- [trust](https://mapideas.org/i/w_trust)
- [outside is trust](https://mapideas.org/i/tr_trust)

Source: https://mapideas.org/i/w_q · open on the map: https://mapideas.org/#w_q