Guys, what did we just learn about deontological rules? In this case honesty.
“Do what you think is ethical, don’t be constantly changing your behavior for PR concerns” is going to work out to better PR.
This is not PR. It’s behaviour norms inside the community.
It’s proposing a behavior norm on the basis of PR. (Specifically, “the optics”.)
Agreed. Trying to trick people into thinking we don’t bet is bad. Trying to trick people in ways that directly compromise our epistemics (insofar as betting is super useful for epistemics) is even worse. This is an awful idea.
Guys, what did we just learn about deontological rules? In this case honesty.
“Do what you think is ethical, don’t be constantly changing your behavior for PR concerns” is going to work out to better PR.
This is not PR. It’s behaviour norms inside the community.
It’s proposing a behavior norm on the basis of PR. (Specifically, “the optics”.)
Agreed. Trying to trick people into thinking we don’t bet is bad. Trying to trick people in ways that directly compromise our epistemics (insofar as betting is super useful for epistemics) is even worse. This is an awful idea.