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Exactly. "Does their livelihood depend on being right" is a chicken-and-egg problem. Applying this principal only makes sense if you have a preexisting bias aga
by happytoexplain 6y ago
Exactly. "Does their livelihood depend on being right" is a chicken-and-egg problem. Applying this principal only makes sense if you have a preexisting bias against activism in general, which some people actually do.
- kwhitefoot 6y agoOne might also invert it: Does their livelihood depend on them not being wrong. We tend only to remember the successful predictions but a bad prediction can be harmful.
- webmaven 6y ago> Exactly. "Does their livelihood depend on being right" is a chicken-and-egg problem. Applying this principal only makes sense if you have a preexisting bias against activism in general, which some people actually do. I'm not sure I get how this is a chicken-and-egg problem, except perhaps in the sense that if what you have is a chicken, every problem might look like it can be solved by selling eggs.