Furthermore, general non acceptance of an idea is evidence that the idea is not good. You can’t seriously be listing general non acceptance of your ideas by the relevant experts as the reason why you are superior to those experts, because same non acceptance lowers the probability that those ideas are correct, proportionally to how much it raises how exceptional you are for holding those views. (The biggest problem with “Bayesianism” is dis-balanced/selective updates)
Updating on someone else’s decision to accept or reject a position should depend on their reason for their position. Information cascades is relevant.
Yes, of course. But also keep in mind that wrong positions are often rejected by the mechanism that generates positions, rather than the mechanism that checks the generated positions.
Updating on someone else’s decision to accept or reject a position should depend on their reason for their position. Information cascades is relevant.
Yes, of course. But also keep in mind that wrong positions are often rejected by the mechanism that generates positions, rather than the mechanism that checks the generated positions.