It’s quite the endorsement to be called the person most likely to get things right.
I couldn’t find such an endorsement in Scott Alexander’s linked post. The closest thing I could find was:
I can’t tell you how many times over the past year all the experts, the CDC, the WHO, the New York Times, et cetera, have said something (or been silent about something in a suggestive way), and then some blogger I trusted said the opposite, and the blogger turned out to be right. I realize this kind of thing is vulnerable to selection bias, but it’s been the same couple of bloggers throughout, people who I already trusted and already suspected might be better than the experts in a lot of ways. Zvi Mowshowitz is the first name to come to mind, though there are many others.
If I’m missing something please let me know. I downvoted the OP and wrote this comment because I think and feel that such inaccuracies are bad (even if not intentional) and I don’t want them to occur on LW.
Does seem kinda important to get this right. My guess is it’s an honest mistake, but still one I would like to see corrected, and think is worth investing some effort into avoiding.
Corrected the wording to ensure it is definitely accurate. Speed premium among a lot of very strong claims that definitely happened and all that, but yeah, more careful would have been better.
I couldn’t find such an endorsement in Scott Alexander’s linked post. The closest thing I could find was:
If I’m missing something please let me know. I downvoted the OP and wrote this comment because I think and feel that such inaccuracies are bad (even if not intentional) and I don’t want them to occur on LW.
Does seem kinda important to get this right. My guess is it’s an honest mistake, but still one I would like to see corrected, and think is worth investing some effort into avoiding.
Corrected the wording to ensure it is definitely accurate. Speed premium among a lot of very strong claims that definitely happened and all that, but yeah, more careful would have been better.