My heuristics is: “assume that people’s reported experiences are usually true, but their interpretations and conclusions are usually wrong”. Not used for science, but for everyday life. And assumes basic trustworthiness of the person, i.e. not having previous experience that the person misreports facts.
I’ll throw in a heuristic that I’ve seen Tyler Cowen use:
Instead of pointing out that X is wrong, ask under which set of circumstances might X be right.
My heuristics is: “assume that people’s reported experiences are usually true, but their interpretations and conclusions are usually wrong”. Not used for science, but for everyday life. And assumes basic trustworthiness of the person, i.e. not having previous experience that the person misreports facts.