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>I think that decision making is a skill. And like all skills, having those things will improve it. We have a very fundamental difference of opinion, and we wi

>I think that decision making is a skill. And like all skills, having those things will improve it. We have a very fundamental difference of opinion, and we will have to leave the discussion at that. And the difference is this: my opinion is that people will significantly vary in their decision making skill, everything else being equal (training, knowledge, experince etc.) >Is it because you don't trust their methods? Or their implementation? Both. It's because the vast majority of people in my (subjective) analysis are worse decision makers than me. The FDA is no exception. The FDA is also prone to being corruptible, as is any human enterprise. It's a fundamental difference of opinion I have with you. Look through my profile, and you will see a cynic. Josiah Zayner, the guy who's article is posted would be a guy of similar disposition.

jdmichal 7y ago
We don't have a difference. Of course talent plays into skills also. And, if it wasn't clear before, I think it's impossible for two people to run the same decision process. Values, needs, experience are all so infinitely varied that there is no such thing. > Look through my profile, and you will see a cynic. Josiah Zayner, the guy who's article is posted would be a guy of similar disposition. I'm fine with cynicism. I just don't buy into the "burn the world" version of it. And it's not even a decision based on facts, but rather that operating that way is just untenable for me. If I strip away all the layers of trust, there's simply nothing left. Yes, we live in a world and society that is terribly broken in many ways. But, regardless, we still have to live in it. And so I choose to accept some baseline axioms, simply to survive.