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Re:Including Illegal Activity in the U.S. National Economic ... by unishark on Sunday January 05, 2020 @01:37AM (#21960050)
Because proving causation is always difficult if not impossible? Or because in both cases we have a personal bias that makes us not want those programs to have worked, despite not being able to disprove causation either?
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Re:Including Illegal Activity in the U.S. National Economic ... by eivarv on Sunday January 05, 2020 @07:23AM (#21960970)
Because in neither case has anyone actually even made a coherent argument for a causal effect that doesn't ignore all the other factors? Besides, when "all the evidence points to the contrary" is usually a bad sign...

There are a lot of things you aren't able to disprove that are (probably) not true.

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