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Comment by samdoesnothing

3 months ago

The null hypothesis is that interventions are just as if not more likely to cause harm than do good.

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aidenn0  3 months ago

Aren't regulations a form of intervention?

  • samdoesnothing  3 months ago

    Yeah thats my point.

    • aidenn0  3 months ago

      Ah, I read it backwards, since companies selling things to make trucks "better" is also an intervention.

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