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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 04 December 2014 02:55:39PM 3 points [-]

No, I didn't have a specific policy outcome in mind-- it's more that I think people don't have a good understanding that knowledge frequently takes a great deal of work and may still be somewhat uncertain. My impression is that the human default is to believe that knowledge just happens, and should be assumed to be accurate.