For what it’s worth I think I basically endorse that comment.
I definitely think an investigation that starts with a questioning attitude, and ends up less negative than the author’s initial priors, should count.
That said, some people probably do already just have useful, considered critiques in their heads that they just need to write out. It’d be good to hear them.
Also, presumably (convincing) negative conclusions for key claims are more informationally valuable than confirmatory ones, so it makes sense to explicitly encourage the kind of investigations that have the best chance of yielding those conclusions (because the claims they address look under-scrutinised).
makes sense! yeah as long as this is explicit in the final announcement it seems fine. I also think “what’s the best argument against X (and then separately do you buy it?)” could be a good format.
For what it’s worth I think I basically endorse that comment.
I definitely think an investigation that starts with a questioning attitude, and ends up less negative than the author’s initial priors, should count.
That said, some people probably do already just have useful, considered critiques in their heads that they just need to write out. It’d be good to hear them.
Also, presumably (convincing) negative conclusions for key claims are more informationally valuable than confirmatory ones, so it makes sense to explicitly encourage the kind of investigations that have the best chance of yielding those conclusions (because the claims they address look under-scrutinised).
makes sense! yeah as long as this is explicit in the final announcement it seems fine. I also think “what’s the best argument against X (and then separately do you buy it?)” could be a good format.