I’m not surprised. Science is subject to political control like anything else. Why does a study use this or that data? What flaws or assumptions do we explain a

I’m not surprised. Science is subject to political control like anything else. Why does a study use this or that data? What flaws or assumptions do we explain away as permitted trade-offs rather than rejecting as lacking enough basic fidelity to even proceed. There are Overton Windows in science (when’s the last time a scientific paper suggested that a bloody revolution should be used to address climate change?) and ultimately what gets published is a media channel that only exists to suit purposes of those funding it or permitting it - wealthy think tanks with a particular agenda, political parties or specific administrations or legislators who need reelection or need to foment support for their favored plan or outrage for their opponent’s plan. A replication crisis is by design - the system doesn’t exist to publish the best available science, it exists to create credential and status hierarchy in which to control scientific authority and shape it as a political tool. To address this issue you’d have to first address general plutocracy which even 80000 Hours itself is enmeshed in.