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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by xondono on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @04:12PM (#28844492)
The problem with this type of study is that it can by definition only cover the known externalities, but most of the price of externalities is far into the future. This means that the real margin of error is huge (and unknowable at this time).
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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by akimball on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @04:37PM (#28844759)
Also it misprices tail risk, marking it to zero
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