[bko]

How should politicians be informed on these topics for which they are attempting to regulate? What's the alternative?

I think its entirely reasonable that the industries affected by regulations spend money to combat incorrect information like water usage of data centers.

[triceratops]

> How should politicians be informed on these topics for which they are attempting to regulate?

Provide them a bigger budget to hire their own staffers, who can do research?

Produce more non-partisan, publicly-funded research, data, and surveys?

Make them study themselves? How do judges get informed on topics they attempt to pass judgement on?

[bko]

> Make them study themselves? How do judges get informed on topics they attempt to pass judgement on?

They get expert witnesses. They certainly don't "do their own research"

[triceratops]

That isn't entirely accurate. They at least need enough domain knowledge to tell if an expert witnesses is bullshitting them. Or to understand the jargon being used.

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