Thanks Elizabeth, Owen, Brad and Kirsten for the constructive feedback! I agree that the post in its current form doesn’t live up to the epistemic standards we aspire to at GWWC, for many of the reasons you mention. My apologies for this.
The research team usually reviews any public impact claims we make, but this post slipped through the cracks of our review process in part because the main topic (i.e. “misconceptions about the pledge”) didn’t immediately seem research-related. We’ll tighten up the process to prevent this from happening in the future. I’ve now also reviewed and we’ll edit the post on the points you mentioned + a few others. We’ll post here once that’s done.
Thanks Elizabeth, Owen, Brad and Kirsten for the constructive feedback! I agree that the post in its current form doesn’t live up to the epistemic standards we aspire to at GWWC, for many of the reasons you mention. My apologies for this.
The research team usually reviews any public impact claims we make, but this post slipped through the cracks of our review process in part because the main topic (i.e. “misconceptions about the pledge”) didn’t immediately seem research-related. We’ll tighten up the process to prevent this from happening in the future. I’ve now also reviewed and we’ll edit the post on the points you mentioned + a few others. We’ll post here once that’s done.
Thanks again for holding us accountable!