Not necessarily to reopen anything, but some notes:
the placebo effect
I’m not sure it’s at all possible to debias against this.
The accepted scientific methodology is more like a safety rope or seat belt.
I agree that those are better metaphors than handcuffs all else equal, but those things would not prevent one from shooting one’s foot, and so it didn’t fit the broader metaphor.
A better analogy would be a law that no medical treatment can be received until a second opinion is obtained, or something like that.
Not necessarily to reopen anything, but some notes:
I’m not sure it’s at all possible to debias against this.
I agree that those are better metaphors than handcuffs all else equal, but those things would not prevent one from shooting one’s foot, and so it didn’t fit the broader metaphor.
A better analogy would be a law that no medical treatment can be received until a second opinion is obtained, or something like that.