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Re:Guess I'm a Rationalist Now by nradov on Thursday June 19, 2025 @11:26AM (#44319569)
The precautionary principle is stupid. If people had followed it then we'd still be living in caves.
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Re:Guess I'm a Rationalist Now by ummonk on Thursday June 19, 2025 @03:39PM (#44321838)
I take it you think the survivorship bias principle and the anthropic principle are also stupid?
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Re:Guess I'm a Rationalist Now by nradov on Thursday June 19, 2025 @03:46PM (#44321904)
Don't presume to know what I think.
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Re:Guess I'm a Rationalist Now by ummonk on Thursday June 19, 2025 @09:08PM (#44323919)
Don't make an argument based on survivorship bias then...
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Re:Guess I'm a Rationalist Now by nradov on Friday June 20, 2025 @09:49AM (#44327727)
That's a logical fallacy. You haven't established any bias.
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