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Re:A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to... by vidarh on Saturday May 22, 2021 @06:25AM (#27245200)
I've come to think things works as well as it does largely because a whole lot of what people do has no effect either way. I see so much stupidity where the only saving grace is that it is directed into pointless efforts that won't be allowed to do any real damage.
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Re:A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to... by Retric on Saturday May 22, 2021 @08:35AM (#27245908)
When you start talking millions of people damage gets subtle.

Robocall scams are very high on the profit:human misery scale, but their hardly going to end civilization. Pollution, corruption, theft etc all make things worse, but we never see the better world without such things so it all feels very abstract. Of course you need to lock your doors etc that’s just the way things are.

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