authenticating Real Life(tm) - rhetorical bogosity

[Tom]

"Carskadden, Rush" wrote:
> 
> This still seems sketchy. I will take a stab at definition, and we can
> work from there. Keep in mind that my definitions are rough draft and
> completely off the cuff.
> 
> Let us say that "trust" is the reliance of any existent upon the
> integrity of any other existent.
> 
> Let us say that "integrity" is the state of subject when the value of
> each element within the set of all observable elements of subject is a
> member of the pre-determined element-respective statical set of
> values.
> 
> Let us say that a "proof" is the evidence or argument by which an
> assertion is shown to be true.
> 
> Are these definitions acceptable for the purposes of this discussion?
> Suggestions?

I agree on "proof". for trust, I would rather say:

trust is that state in which the subject matter of it is believed to be
true.