All models are wrong, but some are completely wrong
I think making medical claims is quite punishable if one doesn&#x27;t have a license. This could easily be extended to include journalists and politicians as well as other areas of science (if the stakes are high enough)<p>It would work like this:<p>For each field there has to be a committee similar to the ones medical practitioners already have. If the behavior is not up to standards they do an inquiry and if need be the credentials are stripped.<p>Someone with credentials may sign-off on articles written by journalists and must do so for laws made by law makers.<p>Such articles and laws stay active for as long as the credentials are valid. If the person dies a new one has to sign off on it. If that doesn&#x27;t happen the law is abolished automatically and the archived news article will have to clearly state at the top that such validation is missing as-of [say] march 2043. It may also solicit such review.<p>We can make a convenient api that allows people with credentials to stick our their neck to approve a publication. The list of professionals endorsing the perspective must be made available from the article or law.