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One is just data, plots, functions, methods, links to a peer reviewed paper, and cautions where dragons may lie in its results. It makes no policy suggestions.
by mzs 7y ago
One is just data, plots, functions, methods, links to a peer reviewed paper, and cautions where dragons may lie in its results. It makes no policy suggestions.
The other is an email from a person not disclosing a real name making dubious claims of which even the first is not fact checked. Further the site makes policy suggestions routinely.
One of those is much more likely to be arguing in bad faith.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoI don't think it makes sense to have a heuristic of summarily rejecting any analysis from people who make policy suggestions.
- mzs 7y agoI don't either, and that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that the arguments made in one fell to immediate scrutiny, wanting to affect policy likely shows why though. In stats there's a smell test, arguments made without numbers.