“trying out” also has the implication of reversibility, and should get (some of) the same criticism as “experiment” as a policy weasel-word. The degree of skepticism depends on your prior for the effect of the change, and also for the motivation of the proposer, and also of whether there is actually a path to measurement (decision to reverse) and reversal (implementation of reversal).
In the examples given, they seem very likely to be “policy-sneaking”.
“trying out” also has the implication of reversibility, and should get (some of) the same criticism as “experiment” as a policy weasel-word. The degree of skepticism depends on your prior for the effect of the change, and also for the motivation of the proposer, and also of whether there is actually a path to measurement (decision to reverse) and reversal (implementation of reversal).
In the examples given, they seem very likely to be “policy-sneaking”.