So I mostly don’t disagree with what you say about fuzzy statistical models versus step by step arguments. But also, what you said is indeed not very convincing to me, I guess in part because it’s not like my “I think smarter humans tend to be more value aligned with me” was the output of a step by step argument either. So when the output of your fuzzy statistical model clashes with the output of my fuzzy statistical model, it’s hardly surprising that I don’t just discard my own output and replace it with yours.
I’m also not simply discarding yours, but there’s not loads I can do with it as-is—like, you’ve given me the output of your fuzzy statistical model, but I still don’t have access to the model itself. I think if we cared enough to explore this question in more depth (which I probably don’t, but this meta thread is interesting) we’d need to ask things like “what exactly have we observed”, “can we find specific situations where we anticipate different things”, “do we have reason to trust one person’s fuzzy statistical models over another”, “are we even talking about the same thing here”.
So I mostly don’t disagree with what you say about fuzzy statistical models versus step by step arguments. But also, what you said is indeed not very convincing to me, I guess in part because it’s not like my “I think smarter humans tend to be more value aligned with me” was the output of a step by step argument either. So when the output of your fuzzy statistical model clashes with the output of my fuzzy statistical model, it’s hardly surprising that I don’t just discard my own output and replace it with yours.
I’m also not simply discarding yours, but there’s not loads I can do with it as-is—like, you’ve given me the output of your fuzzy statistical model, but I still don’t have access to the model itself. I think if we cared enough to explore this question in more depth (which I probably don’t, but this meta thread is interesting) we’d need to ask things like “what exactly have we observed”, “can we find specific situations where we anticipate different things”, “do we have reason to trust one person’s fuzzy statistical models over another”, “are we even talking about the same thing here”.