"Or, how did the 'Watcher-over-children' put this... some more of this is coming back to me now..."

"It's not the job of the 'experimentalist' who writes the 'published-experimental-report' to say what Civilization believes, what everybody else should believe."

"It's not the experimentalist's role in society to say what's true."

"That's the job of prediction markets to say, where people lose money if they're wrong.  And where, if you think you know better, step up and bet, because anybody can."

"So I'd guess there was a failure mode they were worried about, where 'experimentalists' start to take on a social role of saying what's true, and don't lose a lot of money when they're wrong?  Or something like that anyways?  Though that itself sounds a bit ill-defined to me, what happens when two experiments point in different directions?"

"But yeah, the whole Science! system is put together as carefully as Governance.  Unfortunately I did not pay as much attention to exactly why everything had to be exactly that way, because I wasn't skeptical about the Science! system the same way I was skeptical of Governance as a kid."

"Or, how did the 'Watcher-over-children' put this... some more of this is coming back to me now..."

"It's not the job of the 'experimentalist' who writes the 'published-experimental-report' to say what Civilization believes, what everybody else should believe."

"It's not the experimentalist's role in society to say what's true."

"That's the job of prediction markets to say, where people lose money if they're wrong.  And where, if you think you know better, step up and bet, because anybody can."

"So I'd guess there was a failure mode they were worried about, where 'experimentalists' start to take on a social role of saying what's true, and don't lose a lot of money when they're wrong?  Or something like that, anyways.  Though that failure mode itself sounds a bit ill-defined to me, what happens when two experiments point in different directions?"

"But yeah, the whole Science! system is put together as carefully as Governance.  Unfortunately I did not pay as much attention to exactly why everything had to be exactly that way, because I wasn't skeptical about the Science! system the same way I was skeptical of Governance as a kid."

"Or, how did the 'Watcher-over-children' put this... some more of this is coming back to me now..."

"It's not the job of the 'experimentalist' who writes the 'published-experimental-report' to say what Civilization believes, to tell everybody else what to believe."

"It's not the experimentalist's role in society to say what's true."

"That's the job of prediction markets to say."

"Only prediction-market traders get to tell everybody what they should believe.  Because they're the ones who'll lose money if they're wrong.  And if you think you know better, step up and bet yourself, because anybody can."

"So I'd guess there was a failure mode they were worried about, where 'experimentalists' start to take on a social role of saying what's true, and don't lose a lot of money when they're wrong?  Or something like that, anyways.  Though that failure mode itself sounds a bit ill-defined to me, what happens when two experiments point in different directions?"

"But yeah, the whole Science! system is put together as carefully as Governance.  Unfortunately I did not pay as much attention to exactly why everything had to be exactly that way, because I wasn't skeptical about the Science! system the same way I was skeptical of Governance as a kid."

"Or, how did the 'Watcher-over-children' put this... some more of this is coming back to me now..."

"It's not the job of the 'experimentalist' who writes the 'published-experimental-report' to say what Civilization believes, to tell everybody else what to believe."

"It's not the experimentalist's role in society to say what's true."

"That's the job of prediction markets to say."

"Only prediction-market traders get to tell everybody what they should believe.  Because they're the ones who'll lose money if they're wrong.  And if you think you know better, step up and bet yourself, because anybody can."

"So I'd guess there was a failure mode they were worried about, where 'experimentalists' start to take on a social role of saying what's true, and don't lose a lot of money when they're wrong?  Or something like that, anyways.  Though that failure mode itself sounds a bit ill-defined to me, what happens when two experimentalists point in different directions?"

"But yeah, the whole Science! system is put together as carefully as Governance.  Unfortunately I did not pay as much attention to exactly why everything had to be exactly that way, because I wasn't skeptical about the Science! system the same way I was skeptical of Governance as a kid."