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Re:Underprotection of Unpredictable Statistical Lives Compar... by cyanydeez on Thursday June 09, 2022 @09:25PM (#31688917)
Isn't the current political drama entirely be aide one party focuses entirely on ground truth and anecdotes and presents no coherent connection or policy positions?

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Re:Underprotection of Unpredictable Statistical Lives Compar... by epgui on Saturday June 11, 2022 @02:39AM (#31702467)
Yeah, exactly, using too much cold logic and rigorous statistics is just not a natural human bias. :P

ie.: You don’t get your political base engaged and mobilized with statistical rigour. But objectively, if you could, it would make things better.

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