Thanks for being patient. I decided that I think you can probably do something like a value of information calculation to figure out the opportunity cost of not exploring unknown unknowns multiplied by the probability that you’re missing something critical.
This is a good paragraph:
Once I have conceded the basic point that no, standpoint doesn’t add infinite value such that nothing else matters, and you’ve conceded the basic point that yes, standpoint does add more than literally 0 value all else equal, then where does that leave us? We still need some recipe to weigh standpoint relative with expertise, study, and all the rest of the considerations.
Moreover, what’s the principled line between standpoint in the sense of immutable demographic information (facts of birth) and standpoint in the sense of what someone chose to study, what they’ve cultivated downstream of their passions, etc.? Unclear to me.
But still, I’m guessing that intangible gains from demographic diversity improvement as motivated by the homophily objection would probably overlap with any well understood recipe.
Thanks for being patient. I decided that I think you can probably do something like a value of information calculation to figure out the opportunity cost of not exploring unknown unknowns multiplied by the probability that you’re missing something critical.
This is a good paragraph:
Moreover, what’s the principled line between standpoint in the sense of immutable demographic information (facts of birth) and standpoint in the sense of what someone chose to study, what they’ve cultivated downstream of their passions, etc.? Unclear to me.
But still, I’m guessing that intangible gains from demographic diversity improvement as motivated by the homophily objection would probably overlap with any well understood recipe.