If you publicly report your “by-my-lights” credences but act according to your “all-things-considered” credences, I would think that that would leave you open to people deciding that you’re not accurately reporting your true beliefs, or conversely that you’re not very good at acting on your professed beliefs.
So I guess you have to always report both together, or at least include a link to this article when reporting “by-my-lights” beliefs.
So I guess you have to always report both together, or at least include a link to this article when reporting “by-my-lights” beliefs.For concrete example: suppose I were a medical researcher and I believed I’d discovered a strong link between dental floss and tooth cancer. All my research pointed that way, and I reported that strong belief for others to consider in forming their own estimates. But the dental community, as yet unswayed, continued to
My example was getting too wordy, and I tried to delete it. The mobile editor assured me that it had been done, but it had not. I’ve separately submitted a fixed version of this comment.
If you publicly report your “by-my-lights” credences but act according to your “all-things-considered” credences, I would think that that would leave you open to people deciding that you’re not accurately reporting your true beliefs, or conversely that you’re not very good at acting on your professed beliefs.
So I guess you have to always report both together, or at least include a link to this article when reporting “by-my-lights” beliefs.
So I guess you have to always report both together, or at least include a link to this article when reporting “by-my-lights” beliefs.For concrete example: suppose I were a medical researcher and I believed I’d discovered a strong link between dental floss and tooth cancer. All my research pointed that way, and I reported that strong belief for others to consider in forming their own estimates. But the dental community, as yet unswayed, continued to
My example was getting too wordy, and I tried to delete it. The mobile editor assured me that it had been done, but it had not. I’ve separately submitted a fixed version of this comment.