The larger work that the intellectual and academic forces of a liberal democracy is that of “verification”.
Part of the core part of the output, is showing that the output is actually what it claims to be.
The reproducibility crisis is a problem Precisely because a standard was missed.
In a larger perspective, we have mispriced facts and verification processes.
They are treated as public goods, when they are hard to produce and uphold.
Yet they compete with entertainment and “good enough” output, that is cheaper to produce.
The choice to fail or pass someone doesn’t address the mispricing of the output. We need new ways to address that issue.
Yet a major part of the job you do. is to hold up the result to a standard.
You and the institutions we depend on will continue to be crushed by these forces. Dealing with that is a separate discussion from the pass or fail discussion.
The larger work that the intellectual and academic forces of a liberal democracy is that of “verification”.
Part of the core part of the output, is showing that the output is actually what it claims to be.
The reproducibility crisis is a problem Precisely because a standard was missed.
In a larger perspective, we have mispriced facts and verification processes.
They are treated as public goods, when they are hard to produce and uphold.
Yet they compete with entertainment and “good enough” output, that is cheaper to produce.
The choice to fail or pass someone doesn’t address the mispricing of the output. We need new ways to address that issue.
Yet a major part of the job you do. is to hold up the result to a standard.
You and the institutions we depend on will continue to be crushed by these forces. Dealing with that is a separate discussion from the pass or fail discussion.