Medical journals attach to articles authors’ disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. We have decided readers cannot understand the full context of ideas without judging potential agendas behind them.
If this author voted in 2020 and 2022 it should similarly be disclosed by NYT.
This, exactly. When you know what else he’s written, you can properly interpret his ideas. Without that, it’s a lot harder to spot the problems in his argument.
This is why there are so many aphorisms about reputation. It’s an essential heuristic for human learning!
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These kind of disclosures attached to opinions are what makes Isaac Chotiner’s interviews so powerful.
Chotiner isn’t just doing fact-checking. He’s providing context and disclosing agendas.
