Interesting new essay that I mostly agree with, though not sure if astrophysics and medical science, for example, differ in kind or just in degree, in terms of the requirement for social practices to correct individual biases/blind spots.https://twitter.com/BostonReview/status/1388304669349457923 …
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Honestly, build up the trusted gatekeepers seems a lot more workable to me than—the nicer sounding and personally more appealing—let's debate the science in real time (which we do! but that's because something is broken).
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Science is about reason not belief. True a hypothesis likely will begin with belief or intuition but a worked up hypothesis presented to the public should be about reason and argument not credos.
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And public health agencies are hopeless at this. This is about education
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Reminds me of financial investing; it’s impossible/impractical for the ordinary person to continually do the deep and timely research required to invest effectively. Deferral to institutions to shoulder this burden, at a reasonable cost to the individual, is not a bad solution.
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Yeah. I like research—temperamentally and also, obviously, professionally—but being able to confidently defer, especially in a crisis—with some transparency and accountability, along with trade-offs presented as openly political choices—feels like the hallmark of civilization.
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