I don't think it's the sort of thing that yields to calculations, but I think it does yield to consensus. So, generally speaking, the most prestigious people ar

I don't think it's the sort of thing that yields to calculations, but I think it does yield to consensus. So, generally speaking, the most prestigious people are whoever other people agree are prestigious. Sort of like peer review. The "who should make decisions" question is a lot like the "is this logic malicious" question. You can't answer it ahead of time. You just have to let people make decisions, or let the logic run, hopefully in a controlled context, and see what happens. If a preponderance of people agree it's good, then it's probably good enough.