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Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF by ropable on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @06:39PM (#42940951)
What's the name for that principle/rule where someone blithely removes rules or regulations without any context for them being there in the first place? It's on the tip of my tounge. I feel like we're seeing that a lot in the US Federal govt at the moment.
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Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF by michaelbarton on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @06:42PM (#42940985)
Chesterton’s fence. But I think “ungodly hubris” might be appropriate in this context
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Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF by aqueueaqueue on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @07:59PM (#42941900)
Even that assumes good faith.
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Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF by astockwell on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @06:43PM (#42940996)
Chesterton's Fence
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Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF by nevin7 on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @08:05PM (#42941960)
neoliberalism
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