I am curious how specifically you intend to figure out the truth of “something happened in private when I was 4 years old” claim. What kind of research could bring more light to this topic?
One benefit of boosting the visibility of accusations like this is that it makes it easier for others to come forward as well, should there be a pattern with other abuse victims. Or even just other people possibly having had highly concerning experiences of a non-sexual but still interpersonally exploitative nature.
If this doesn’t happen, it’s probabilistic evidence against the worst tail scenarios of character traits, which would be helpful if we could significantly discount that.
It’s frustrating that we may never know, but one way to think about this is “we’d at least want to find out the truth in the worlds where it’s easy to find out.”
I am curious how specifically you intend to figure out the truth of “something happened in private when I was 4 years old” claim. What kind of research could bring more light to this topic?
One benefit of boosting the visibility of accusations like this is that it makes it easier for others to come forward as well, should there be a pattern with other abuse victims. Or even just other people possibly having had highly concerning experiences of a non-sexual but still interpersonally exploitative nature.
If this doesn’t happen, it’s probabilistic evidence against the worst tail scenarios of character traits, which would be helpful if we could significantly discount that.
It’s frustrating that we may never know, but one way to think about this is “we’d at least want to find out the truth in the worlds where it’s easy to find out.”