Yep, that all makes sense, and I think this work can still tell us something, just it doesn’t update me too much given the lack of compelling theories or much consensus in the scientific/​philosophical community. This is harsher than what I actually think, but directionally, it has the feel of ‘cargo cult science’ where it has a fancy Bayesian model and lots of numbers and so forth, but if it all built on top of philosophical stances I don’t trust then it doesn’t move me much. But that said it is still interesting e.g. how wide the range for chickens is.
Yep, that all makes sense, and I think this work can still tell us something, just it doesn’t update me too much given the lack of compelling theories or much consensus in the scientific/​philosophical community. This is harsher than what I actually think, but directionally, it has the feel of ‘cargo cult science’ where it has a fancy Bayesian model and lots of numbers and so forth, but if it all built on top of philosophical stances I don’t trust then it doesn’t move me much. But that said it is still interesting e.g. how wide the range for chickens is.