Yes and no. I give everyone a blank slate to begin. If person performs in good faith, then I attempt to explain the necessity of scientifically proving cause and effect - that scientists in my field agonize over as they are (and should be) their harshest critic. But bad faith behavior quickly erodes “innocent” status. I am referring to deliberate avoidance or interfering with the due process of information at step 1 or step 2, etc. I am generous but have little tolerance for adult games. I place people who merely appear “brainwashed” into the good faith category.
Yes and no. I give everyone a blank slate to begin. If person performs in good faith, then I attempt to explain the necessity of scientifically proving cause and effect - that scientists in my field agonize over as they are (and should be) their harshest critic. But bad faith behavior quickly erodes “innocent” status. I am referring to deliberate avoidance or interfering with the due process of information at step 1 or step 2, etc. I am generous but have little tolerance for adult games. I place people who merely appear “brainwashed” into the good faith category.