4 ms·
Ah, yes, all the economic think tanks funded by people and organizations of a certain economic background promoting policy that coincidentally serves the purpos
by jdewerd 3y ago
Ah, yes, all the economic think tanks funded by people and organizations of a certain economic background promoting policy that coincidentally serves the purposes of those same parties are more trustworthy because they try to obfuscate their bias.
What? This argument is certifiably nuts! The biggest players can launder their size into the appearance of impartial organic consensus, yes, but observing this in action isn't a reason to trust them!
- boringuser2 3y agoYou've erected and demolished a strawman, this is an actual logical fallacy, unlike the attempt below.
- jdewerd 3y agoApplying formal reasoning to defend a self-admitted heuristic is a special kind of silly. Besides, your heuristic sucks. Just because it formally sucks due to being an ad-hom doesn't mean it can't informally suck on other dimensions, like mindless deference to authority. Logic has nothing to say about that, but when considering bias it's something you should probably try harder to keep in mind.