Can you give an example of self-interested goals in the sense that you mean here?
To me thinking about this in those terms makes me assume that “self-interested goals = caring about things that help you get re-elected”, which would put the correct price for literature reviews around zero. And while “self-interested decision-makers rationally ignore scientific information as useless for them, except when cherry-picking results that fit their agenda” would fit your formulation of “the correct price for literature reviews is low”, I’m not sure if that’s the thing you had in mind.
I’m not sure if it’s what cousin_it had in mind, but here’s an example: Rather than visiting a doctor again for the same bad advice on how to treat my plantar fasciitis, I paid this guy for (what is essentially) a literature review of the current state of the scientific evidence as to the relative effectiveness of available treatments.
Can you give an example of self-interested goals in the sense that you mean here?
To me thinking about this in those terms makes me assume that “self-interested goals = caring about things that help you get re-elected”, which would put the correct price for literature reviews around zero. And while “self-interested decision-makers rationally ignore scientific information as useless for them, except when cherry-picking results that fit their agenda” would fit your formulation of “the correct price for literature reviews is low”, I’m not sure if that’s the thing you had in mind.
I’m not sure if it’s what cousin_it had in mind, but here’s an example: Rather than visiting a doctor again for the same bad advice on how to treat my plantar fasciitis, I paid this guy for (what is essentially) a literature review of the current state of the scientific evidence as to the relative effectiveness of available treatments.