If anyone's right about anything today, it isn't because they have a superior method for producing correct opinions, and it is certainly not because they're capable of implementing a superior method for producing correct opinions. Most extant assertions are effectively random.
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Things science would do if it were actually optimally rational: 1. Prioritize research based on a combination of risk tolerance and probabilistic expectation rather than subjective interest 2. Get rid of peer review 3. Work through methodological and semantic quagmires in advance
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https://graymirror.substack.com/p/covid-is-sciences-chernobyl?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMTY0NTc5MywicG9zdF9pZCI6MzM2OTE0MDYsIl8iOiI1TlRydCIsImlhdCI6MTYxNjAzMDE4NCwiZXhwIjoxNjE2MDMzNzg0LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNDk3NjYiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.AFgkIhyX5p0HPK_V7YnYw-T6442P-X2nHX-TEdjBEhg&fbclid=IwAR37R7BCEojzHkxCClic9ALurkIfAy-Tgp-YNGwdqSNplTAD43FvUvSSO8M … This sort of dovetails with what I'm talking about in a practical way.
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