I just tried to explain some part of my understanding of how new psycho- and social technologies are generated, and what conclusions I draw from that.
I think the problem is that some techniques that are created that way work while others don’t.
When using techniques we care about whether those we use work. I personally do think that updating on evidence is important and if your goal is technique creation then it matters.
I personally think that making something a “licensed technique” is often a way to create an environment where updating on evidence on how the technique can be improved gets harder but I completely agree with Said that updating on evidence is crucial.
When it comes to sending your friend videos of animated seals, I would expect that for that to work well it’s important that you understand your friend well enough to know that they appreciate getting videos of seals. Likely, you got positive feedback for it.
I don’t think one should generalize from that technique to send everyone who feels blue seal videos. Before doing that it would be good to build a better model of when people are happy to get seal videos and when it annoys them. I would expect that the relationship to the seal video sender also matters.
I think the problem is that some techniques that are created that way work while others don’t.
When using techniques we care about whether those we use work. I personally do think that updating on evidence is important and if your goal is technique creation then it matters.
I personally think that making something a “licensed technique” is often a way to create an environment where updating on evidence on how the technique can be improved gets harder but I completely agree with Said that updating on evidence is crucial.
When it comes to sending your friend videos of animated seals, I would expect that for that to work well it’s important that you understand your friend well enough to know that they appreciate getting videos of seals. Likely, you got positive feedback for it.
I don’t think one should generalize from that technique to send everyone who feels blue seal videos. Before doing that it would be good to build a better model of when people are happy to get seal videos and when it annoys them. I would expect that the relationship to the seal video sender also matters.