Oh, come on. If the rationality community disapproved of Einstein predicting the transit of Mercury, that’s an L for the rationality community, not for Einstein.
I have offered to say why I believe it to be true, as soon as I can get clearance from my company to publish capabilities relevant theoretical neuroscience work.
Whether someone has epistemic virtue depends on whether they use the epistemic tools available to them. We made a lot of progress in epistemics in the last hundred years.
Clinical trials are highly regulated. The median cost of a clinical trial is on the order of US$19 million. Do you have that kind of money available to run a clinical trial?
I have the courage to commit an act of civil disobedience in which I ask people caring for Alzheimer’s patients to request a Zoloft and/or Trazodone prescription for their loved ones, and then track the results.
Do you think I lack the persistence and capital to organize something of that nature? Why or why not?
That setup doesn’t give you a randomized control trial which is what’s usually meant with the term clinical trial.
The system has a lot of incentives against doctors cooperating with illegal clinical trials. I don’t think there’s a notable example of anyone who pulled off a comparable trial which suggests that it’s hard.
And I also have the courage to apply to Y Combinator to start either a 501c3 or a for-profit company to actually perform this trial through legal, official channels. Do you think that I will be denied entry into their program with such a noble goal and the collaboration of a domain expert?
Oh, come on. If the rationality community disapproved of Einstein predicting the transit of Mercury, that’s an L for the rationality community, not for Einstein.
I have offered to say why I believe it to be true, as soon as I can get clearance from my company to publish capabilities relevant theoretical neuroscience work.
Whether someone has epistemic virtue depends on whether they use the epistemic tools available to them. We made a lot of progress in epistemics in the last hundred years.
Well then, I submit that courage is a virtue, when tempered with the wisdom not to pick fights you do not plan to finish.
And I’m happy to code up the smartphone app and run the clinical trial from my own funds. My uncle is starting to have memory trouble, I believe.
Clinical trials are highly regulated. The median cost of a clinical trial is on the order of US$19 million. Do you have that kind of money available to run a clinical trial?
I have the courage to commit an act of civil disobedience in which I ask people caring for Alzheimer’s patients to request a Zoloft and/or Trazodone prescription for their loved ones, and then track the results.
Do you think I lack the persistence and capital to organize something of that nature? Why or why not?
That setup doesn’t give you a randomized control trial which is what’s usually meant with the term clinical trial.
The system has a lot of incentives against doctors cooperating with illegal clinical trials. I don’t think there’s a notable example of anyone who pulled off a comparable trial which suggests that it’s hard.
And I also have the courage to apply to Y Combinator to start either a 501c3 or a for-profit company to actually perform this trial through legal, official channels. Do you think that I will be denied entry into their program with such a noble goal and the collaboration of a domain expert?