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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Yes perhaps not the clearest example as I put it. Still, let's imagine that scientists whose main concern is disease spread raise the standards for claims about bad side effects to preempt resistance from those whose main concern is side effects . . .

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Eric Winsberg @ewinsberg.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I think this almost certainly happens. And yes, in this case they should be incentivized not to do this if the public values other things more. At the very least because otherwise you get backlash. (As we've seen).

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Eric Winsberg @ewinsberg.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

But don't phrase it as if theres some objectively correct standard that they raise it from. It just that they are using a higher standard than the public would given their different values.

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