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> And the whole "Copehangen" theory BS wants us to believe that it's either (2) or nothing Recognizing that disincentivising marginal improvements in behavior
by lkbm 11y ago
> And the whole "Copehangen" theory BS wants us to believe that it's either (2) or nothing
Recognizing that disincentivising marginal improvements in behavior leads to a worse behavior is not claiming only those two behaviors exist. It's just saying that perverse incentives lead to worse outcomes.
- coldtea 11y agoHow about "encouranging actual improvements in behavior" instead of framing it as "disincentivising marginal improvements in behavior"?
- Sniffnoy 11y agoIf it results in worse behavior, then framing it as "encouraging improvements" is misleading. And if it's about encouraging improvements, then it should encourage the improvement from (3) to (2), rather than condemn it for being not (1), thereby actually encouraging (4).
- coldtea 11y ago>If it results in worse behavior, then framing it as "encouraging improvements" is misleading. Isn't that begging the question? Who proved that it "results in worse behavior"?
- Sniffnoy 11y agoNobody "proved" anything. Proof is for math and alcohol, as they say. I wouldn't have thought of it as begging the question, because it didn't occur to me that the empirical question of what the results are was in dispute! Yes, I suppose if you believe that this sort of Copenhagen-based complaining actually consistently leads people to do (1) rather than (2), rather than mostly resulting in (4), there would be little reason to have a problem with it. As it is, I'm not prepared to argue that empirical question right now, so I'm just going to note that I disagree and and that there's any number of examples of (4) out there.