# Holden Karnofsky - Minimal-Trust Investigations (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://www.cold-takes.com/content/images/2021/11/skeptical-emoji-1.png) ## Highlights - But I also think it's a good idea to occasionally do a **minimal-trust investigation:** to suspend my trust in others and dig as deeply into a question as I can. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kxmsprm02mhj2v5q81yzzw46)) ^1034627621 - The basic idea of a minimal-trust investigation is **suspending one's trust in others' judgments and trying to understand the case for and against some claim oneself,** ideally to the point where one can (within the narrow slice one has investigated) keep up with experts. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kxmsrat717qpzswm4agwqnbk)) ^1034627697