But regardless of whether you understand the reasons, surely after seeing that a group of people holds substantially different views to your own, your all-things-considered belief should shift at least somewhat towards those views, even if your “independent impression” does not?
If someone says that 2+2=5, you should very slightly increase your credence that 2+2=5, and greatly increase your credence that they are either bad at maths or knowingly being misleading. It’s not soldier mindset to update your opinion of something after seeing data about it; this is data about bioethicists so it makes sense to update your opinion of them based on it.
In my case, I was surprised how bad the data made bioethicists look, because their positions were more inconsistent than I would have expected. When something happens that surprises you, you should update your beliefs.
If someone says that 2+2=5, you should very slightly increase your credence that 2+2=5, and greatly increase your credence that they are either bad at maths or knowingly being misleading. It’s not soldier mindset to update your opinion of something after seeing data about it; this is data about bioethicists so it makes sense to update your opinion of them based on it.
In my case, I was surprised how bad the data made bioethicists look, because their positions were more inconsistent than I would have expected. When something happens that surprises you, you should update your beliefs.
I agree with the basic point you’re making (I think) and I suspect either:
(1) we disagree about how much you should negatively update, i.e. how bad this data makes bioethicists look
Or
(2) we don’t actually disagree and this is just due to language being messy (or me misinterpreting you)