1. We want public policy that’s backed up by empiric evidence. We want a government that runs controlled trials to find out what policies work.
This seems either empty (because no policy has zero empirical backing), throttling (because you can’t possibly have an adequate controlled trial on every proposal), or pointless (because most political disputes are not good-faith disagreements over empirical support).
Second, as this list seems specific to one country, I wonder how rationalists who don’t follow its politics can inform this consensus.
Third, did you choose eight demands only to mimic the Fabians? Does that mean you omitted some other plausible demands, or that you stretched a few that perhaps should not have made the cut?
This seems either empty (because no policy has zero empirical backing), throttling (because you can’t possibly have an adequate controlled trial on every proposal), or pointless (because most political disputes are not good-faith disagreements over empirical support).
Second, as this list seems specific to one country, I wonder how rationalists who don’t follow its politics can inform this consensus.
Third, did you choose eight demands only to mimic the Fabians? Does that mean you omitted some other plausible demands, or that you stretched a few that perhaps should not have made the cut?