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Suppose [[Alice and Bob|Alice]], whether reasonably or unreasonably, distrusts Bob, who in turn realizes that convincing Alice to trust him as a person would be an uphill battle if even possible.
 
Bob decides instead to give some explanation that he thinks Alice is more likely to believe, about why he would act "''as if"'' he were trustworthy, or at least in a way that wouldn't betray Alice, for whatever scenario such convincing might be needed for.
 
Despite what one would expect from the concept, these explanations, though they may tend towards selfish motives, are not limited to them. The issue for a lack of trust could be Bob's loyalty to Charlie, for example. Over all, the point is that the explanation would have to be something Bob has reason to expect Alice to be more likely to believe.
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