[lhorie]

The flaw in the argument is the assumption that knowledge is a requirement for trust. But look for example at elections in Brazil: most people don't really understand how it works, but they like it nonetheless[1] because the good experience of instant gratification plants a positive initial seed in people's minds and association fallacy[2] is a thing.

There's plenty of other scenarios where we can see discrepancies between trust and understanding (for example, the general public's trust in recycling vs what actually happens w/ plastics). Heck, the US election system is quite complicated today and yet people trust it. For better or for worse, humans are often fallible and illogical.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voting_in_Brazil#Be...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_fallacy