1. Consider the PQ framing and background
State your initial beliefs about the Pivotal Questions.
2. Consider and ‘rank’ papers/projects for PQ usefulness
Consider the papers and syntheses for the PQ (”Plant based...”) . You don’t have to read each in full. Use your best judgment; feel free to use tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity and NotebookLM to extract summaries and query key features of each. Why (and to what extent) do you think these come to different results from one another? Which approaches and assumptions do you find most plausible, and why? Rank or otherwise assess the credibility of these in terms of their implications for the pivotal question. Explain and discuss your reasoning (at least briefly); what choices do some of these make correctly/incorrectly etc. Optional: Have these been considered appropriately by the synthesis papers?
3. Evaluate one paper/project carefully
For the paper you find most credible and useful, do a careful evaluation of this work, largely following The Unjournal (applied stream) but focusing on the implications for the Pivotal Question.
Some things to consider (add specifics here)
The structure of the overall model Key economic assumptions and empirical characterizations Key assumptions and judgments about …
4. State and justify your (revised) beliefs about the PQ in light of this evaluation and your work above
