if I want to know how much to trust and value Jonathan Haidt I’m honestly not sure what to do
The most basic approach which most academics would use: look at the citations on his papers. Then you could see a lot of the same metrics as in baseball: how his performance has been changing over time, how good he is compared with others in the field, and so on. You could look at his h-index, or at the impact factors of the journals he’s been published in. It seems odd that you didn’t mention any of these, since they’re such a standard part of academic evaluation.
I considered it briefly but have been reading/chatting recently about problems with citation indices so left it out. That said, it does serve a function.
The most basic approach which most academics would use: look at the citations on his papers. Then you could see a lot of the same metrics as in baseball: how his performance has been changing over time, how good he is compared with others in the field, and so on. You could look at his h-index, or at the impact factors of the journals he’s been published in. It seems odd that you didn’t mention any of these, since they’re such a standard part of academic evaluation.
Fair point, thanks.
I considered it briefly but have been reading/chatting recently about problems with citation indices so left it out. That said, it does serve a function.