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Merton&#8217;s recommended group guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using CUDOS as Group Guidelines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you\u2019ve formed a group to help you make better decisions (a &#8220;decision group&#8221;), you\u2019ll need to have clear group guidelines. Duke looks to sociologist R.K. Merton&#8217;s rules of engagement for how he believed the scientific community should function, which he described using the acronym CUDOS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Communism<\/li><li>Universalism<\/li><li>Disinterestedness<\/li><li>Organized Skepticism<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Communism<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Data is commonly owned, belonging to everyone. This means that scientists can&#8217;t, for example, publish the results of an experiment without also sharing the actual data. That&#8217;s part of how reviewers can evaluate whether the results are sound or not.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/decision-group\/\">decision group<\/a>, <strong>\u201csharing data\u201d means being honest about the factors that went into your decision\u2014the data\u2014and providing as much detail as possible<\/strong>, omitting nothing, especially the things you&#8217;re tempted to leave out. If you&#8217;re reluctant to share a piece of information, it could be because deep down, you think that detail will make you look bad or will run counter to a narrative you&#8217;re trying to build\u2014but it&#8217;s just that kind of detail that warrants more investigation and critique.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Group guidelines should encourage others to do the same by rewarding them with approval when they share as full and complete a version of their story as they can.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Universalism<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>All evidence must be treated in the same way, with a standard set of criteria, no matter what the source is.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t evaluate whether a source is credible or not\u2014but it means <strong>you shouldn\u2019t disregard information without a fair evaluation just because you have negative feelings about the source<\/strong>. We also have to vet information that comes from sources we feel positively about\u2014just because we like that person or source doesn\u2019t mean they can\u2019t be wrong or make mistakes sometimes. We separate decisions from their outcomes; we must also separate information from its source, judging the information on its own merits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a few exercises you can do to start picking up this skill.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Before rushing to dismiss someone, <strong>make an effort to find one thing that they&#8217;re right about<\/strong> or that you agree with. For Duke this meant studying her opponents more carefully before deciding they were bad players just because she wasn\u2019t familiar with their strategy. It can also mean sometimes reading news from sources that hold different political or ideological beliefs from your own and trying to find common ground.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. When judging a piece of information, <strong>imagine if it had come from a different source. <\/strong>If someone you dislike shared that information, would you be less likely to accept it? What if it came from someone you hold in high regard? Pay attention to how much your personal feelings about the source are influencing your judgment of the information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disinterestedness<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t let conflicts of interest or other biases influence the work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A conflict of interest can be as obvious as a corporation paying a scientist to produce a study supporting the health benefits of their product. Or it can be as subtle as our tendency toward resulting. If knowing the outcome influences what we think of a decision, then one way to ensure your group isn\u2019t swayed in either direction is to <strong>withhold the outcome until after the discussion happens. <\/strong>Group guidelines should encourage you not to tell them if you failed or succeeded at first. See what they think of your choice regardless of how it turned out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Organized Skepticism<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>All ideas are subject to scrutiny, criticism, and dissent. Organized skepticism is not argumentative or confrontational\u2014not if everyone is willing to engage with their own uncertainty. 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