Attempts to scientifically “rationalize” policy may be damaging democracy

Re:Attempts to scientifically “rationalize” policy may be da... by WalterBright on Thursday September 30, 2021 @04:54AM (#28704369)

A research PhD should be able to instantly recognize logical fallacies outside their field, but in my experience they fall for them every time.

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Re:Attempts to scientifically “rationalize” policy may be da... by esja on Thursday September 30, 2021 @05:53AM (#28704638)

Absolutely!

I often wonder whether the epistemology we are "born with" can actually be improved very much (in a general sense), or whether the best we can do is teach domain-specific techniques to override our defaults on those topics.

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Re:Attempts to scientifically “rationalize” policy may be da... by loopz on Thursday September 30, 2021 @03:33PM (#28710338)

We all fall for it. Just search for: biases

We also need to deeply care and understand ourselves.

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