I wasn’t convinced by their reasoning, but I am convinced by epistemic modesty arguments and they had more experience in the area, so I nixxed the project.
I agree that the epistemic modesty/humility idea of “defer at least somewhat to other people, and more so the more relevant experience/expertise they have” makes sense in general.
I also think that the unilateralist’s curse provides additional reason to take that sort of approach in situations (like this one) where “some number of altruistically minded actors each have the ability to take an action that would cause accidental harm to others” (quoting from that link). So it’s good to hear you’re doing that :)
That sounds good to me.
I agree that the epistemic modesty/humility idea of “defer at least somewhat to other people, and more so the more relevant experience/expertise they have” makes sense in general.
I also think that the unilateralist’s curse provides additional reason to take that sort of approach in situations (like this one) where “some number of altruistically minded actors each have the ability to take an action that would cause accidental harm to others” (quoting from that link). So it’s good to hear you’re doing that :)