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You get what you incentivize, and this is what we incentivize. It’s probably about the worst in any field dominated by studies and statistics. Harder sciences
by api 4y ago
You get what you incentivize, and this is what we incentivize.
It’s probably about the worst in any field dominated by studies and statistics. Harder sciences are harder to fake as bad results can be more conclusively falsified.
- melling 4y agoYes, it’s great when we rediscover some nugget of wisdom that everyone has already explained. It’s quite useful to listen to Buffet and Munger. They’ve accumulated lots of wisdom. “You get what you reward for” https://youtu.be/hJYLJRr3hEY https://youtu.be/hJYLJRr3hEY This hour of Munger is well worth it: https://youtu.be/4ICaAKuAudQ https://youtu.be/4ICaAKuAudQ Here’s the transcript: https://fs.blog/great-talks/psychology-human-misjudgment/ https://fs.blog/great-talks/psychology-human-misjudgment/
- lettergram 4y agoI think any parent or manager also knows this…
- fweimer 4y agoEven in the hard sciences, the results are fundamentally about statistics. And they often require very expensive machines for reproduction. I'm not sure if it is a good idea to try to optimize the scientific process for fraud resilience. In the end, we still rely on people doing the right thing most of the time.