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0 pointskelnos3y ago0 comments

I don't think we need a study to show the obvious outcome when you set up incentives in certain ways.

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Then we're no longer making evidence-based policy. That's just hypothesis-based policy. And unfortunately, humans are reallllly good at rationalizing whatever hypothesis suits their biases.

lfpeb8b45ez3y ago

I’ll need evidence for that claim.

bumby3y ago

In academia, behavioral psychology is rife with examples if you want to dig deeper. In culture, so is religion.

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bumby3y ago

Then we're no longer making evidence-based policy. That's just hypothesis-based policy. And unfortunately, humans are reallllly good at rationalizing whatever hypothesis suits their biases.

lfpeb8b45ez3y ago

I’ll need evidence for that claim.

bumby3y ago

In academia, behavioral psychology is rife with examples if you want to dig deeper. In culture, so is religion.

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