My objection is to the Twitter of drive-by evidence-challenging instead of engaging on what you hilariously called the "object" level
My impression is that when things are issues important to millions, that makes scholarship more, not less, important.
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I am a doctor. Medical culture is "get your reasoning exactly right, because people will die if you don't". I think it works.
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There are countless stories of someone slightly screwing up a study, and then thousands of people get wrong drug and die.
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After that happens a few dozen times, you start to get really paranoid/careful about your reasoning.
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I would like to see that level of caution / being-impressed-with-importance-of-the-issue in politics as well.
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I realize that politics is more complicated than a simple study, but for me that suggests more need for caution, not less.
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Eg Paul Ryan refusing to run ACHA by CBO seems insane to me. Millions of ppl affected, and you can't wait for full analysis?
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We need more CBO-like things, *better* CBO-like things, and more willingness to run things by them before rushing forward.
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