Remember to also always mention the evidence pyramid: the consensus isn't just professionals agreeing, it's also a confluence of evidence. It's a perspective on the whole body of evidence, rather than a cherry-picked subset supporting your prejudices. The former has a fighting change of being right, the latter is a near-guarantee for getting it wrong.
Ah, yes. I recall reading that last link but I had forgotten it was about Wolfe. As you may know Karl Grossman is a whacky anti-nuclear journalism professor guilty of making slippery statements, but he seems pretty restrained in that particular piece.
Remember to also always mention the evidence pyramid: the consensus isn't just professionals agreeing, it's also a confluence of evidence. It's a perspective on the whole body of evidence, rather than a cherry-picked subset supporting your prejudices. The former has a fighting change of being right, the latter is a near-guarantee for getting it wrong.
ReplyDeleteI agree, thanks for the reminder.
ReplyDeleteI stopped commenting after I saw the low traffic and the other commenter warned me to be careful of my "high perch".
That's an anti-intellectual.
I generally respect those who know more than me.
Hmm, Clint Wolfe is a chemist with quite a bit of experience in nuclear engineering. No radiation medicine background that I can see, and his CV 404s.
ReplyDeleteAh, and you'll love this.
Ah, yes. I recall reading that last link but I had forgotten it was about Wolfe. As you may know Karl Grossman is a whacky anti-nuclear journalism professor guilty of making slippery statements, but he seems pretty restrained in that particular piece.
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