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I’m not surprised by this because my personal bias is to expect a government that serves interests that financially support them, either directly (contributions

I’m not surprised by this because my personal bias is to expect a government that serves interests that financially support them, either directly (contributions) or indirectly (revolving door). But are there examples of agencies (not necessarily EPA) that are performing falsifications in the other direction, favoring populist or activist positions instead of corporate ones? And how do we design our government to protect against either direction of bias?

perl4ever 5y ago
It has been brought up many times, by libertarian types, more in relation to the FDA, that institutions underweight how many lives could have been saved by an approval that didn't happen, which could well be a very large number. In principle this sort of bias might apply to the EPA too. For instance with the controversy over DDT. The issue with rhetoric about bias, I think, is that it ends up being an excuse for believing what you want to believe, rather than gathering actionable data.