Research by philosopher of science and Honorary Research Associate at Bangor University, Byron Hyde, looked at the role of transparency in fostering public trust in science.
The missing piece is that hiding bad news should be harder. For example, if you’re a researcher and all you claim from your research are the good news, people (and the ideal Bayesian agent) should immediately suspect “maybe they’re hiding the bad news”.
The missing piece is that hiding bad news should be harder. For example, if you’re a researcher and all you claim from your research are the good news, people (and the ideal Bayesian agent) should immediately suspect “maybe they’re hiding the bad news”.