One workaround would be to assign high confidence only to beliefs for which you have read n academic papers on the subject.
This is dangerous, because people tend to use additional information primarily to support their existing opinion more than to improve it. See Motivated Skepticism in the Evaluation of Political Beliefs.
Good point. Do you think the ideological Turing-capability requirement helps to mitigate this danger, and if so, how much does it help?
This is dangerous, because people tend to use additional information primarily to support their existing opinion more than to improve it. See Motivated Skepticism in the Evaluation of Political Beliefs.
Good point. Do you think the ideological Turing-capability requirement helps to mitigate this danger, and if so, how much does it help?