> The only thing I'm arguing is that anyone who has stake in a debate has an obligation to make that stake clear.
That's a nice goal, but it's not going to happen.
Which reminds me - it's not clear that "a stake" has a useful definition. One would like it to correlate with bias, but most biases have nothing to do with money. In fact, it's the true believers who are the most dangerous in this respect.
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Uh,
You're mistakenly assuming I'm taking a position on this particular topic.
If it's true that someone else has a stake in this or some other debate, then indeed they also have an obligation to reveal it.
The only thing I'm arguing is that anyone who has stake in a debate has an obligation to make that stake clear.
That's it.
> The only thing I'm arguing is that anyone who has stake in a debate has an obligation to make that stake clear.
That's a nice goal, but it's not going to happen.
Which reminds me - it's not clear that "a stake" has a useful definition. One would like it to correlate with bias, but most biases have nothing to do with money. In fact, it's the true believers who are the most dangerous in this respect.