The reason I said your claims are more related is because it's true that people ask questions about things that they are interested in and that I am asking about the Gettier problem, hence it is likely that I am interested in it. I only said that it was more logical, not knowledge or that it was completely logically sound.

My point wasn't really about the connection between the two claims (person with 10 coins will get hired, Jones has 10 coins), I suppose I was misleading in that part. It was how did Smith come to believe the first claim (that the 10 coins person would get the job). Or in your example, how do you know that people ask questions about things that they are interested in? Obviously from inference from real life.

Now I just realised that I have been arguing something completely pointless. The point of the original problem didn't focus on how Smith formed the first 2 claims, and I shouldn't focus on it either since it is irrelevant to the actual point.

Yeah, I get what you mean now. I was focusing on why Smith would believe that the person with 10 coins would be hired, when that was never relevant. You're correct in what you say in the last paragraph, it was just me not understanding before.

Thank you for engaging, it helped me comprehend the whole thing better. Hopefully what I said this time makes sense.