Why You Can't Trust Me

Thanks to everyone in Coober Pedy; I had a wonderful time there. I'm sorry this isn't the video you all hoped for!

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[TomScottGo]

Thanks to everyone in Coober Pedy; I had a wonderful time there. I'm sorry this isn't the video you hoped for!

[whodis]

This sounds like an insane RPG quest where you find out the town conspiracy

[SatyaVenugopal]

"Why you can't trust me" says Tom Scott, in a brilliant piece of (intentional or unintentional) reverse psychology that will inevitably make us trust him more.

[isaacdoukaskomnenos]

I can just imagine Tom in his bed at 2am not being able to sleep because of this

[darrenflips]

Tom scott: why you cant trust me
Me who just watched a video of his called “i promise this story about the microwave is interesting” and had full faith in the title and still clicked:

[housewoodrow]

It's genuinely touching how stressed you were about this.

[wizardcoolio]

haha jokes on you tom, admitting mistakes increases your credibility

[Fede_uyz]

"Dont trust me"

Should i trust you and therefore not trust you, or should i not trust you and therefore trust you?

This is known as the Scott's Dilema

[mattropolis]

"I'm not a journalist, I have never had training in determining the truth when it's murky"

You have more credibility by reporting there were conflicts of opinion than 95% of journalism today that interview the side they want to portray and then assert the most outrage inducing opinion they state as fact to get clicks - for ads.

[thefrozenflames]

But Tom, I already emailed you my SSN, bank info, full name, personal information, and my passport! Now you’re telling me I can’t trust you?

[TheMajorStranger]

imagine Tom Scott on a date
Tom:"You should not trust me, i'm not reliable"

Date:" How come? you're a cheater? a player?"
Tom:" I don't always provide citation and don't look at the politics sometime"

[sanyr]

“If anyone on the internet says you can trust them, they’re probably selling something... which reminds me, this video is sponsored by Audible” - great segue!

[fellfromspace]

Integrity, transparency, and honesty... the fact that you are so committed to educating your viewers about the potential for error in your own work and warning people about the risk of trusting you implicitly MAKES you worthy of trust. You've spelled out your policy, methods, and biases more clearly here than most major news organizations ever take the time to do. Well, done and thank you. I'll never understand why people and organizations have such a difficult time understanding that the ability to admit to and correct mistakes does not damage credibility. It inspires confidence.

[ajax]

You can trust a guy who passed out on a centrifuge just to show you how an average person will react to 4 or 5 Gs.

[bermudarailway]

Your honesty is admirable so you could never be a politician.

[elfteiroh]

For me, this mainly shows how important “in person” investigation is.

[Duane]

Him admitting that I shouldn’t trust him, just makes me trust him all the more.

[PuzzL_]

All of us: Tom Scott's videos are great. Keep 'em comin!

Tom Scott: I am so sorry I disappointed you. I will try harder.

[dea]

Yes Tom how can we trust you when most of us can't even guess your age

[StarshadowMelody]

"If anyone on the internet says you can trust them, they're, probably selling something."
Cut to sponsor.

That was brilliant.