: "In theory, but the rich people get to decide what evidence is or is not convincing to them, rather than having elected officials, experts, or regulators making the call. There's also terrible conclusions drawn from EA. "Should disabled people be allowed to live" is an ongoing debate, for example."

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In theory, but the rich people get to decide what evidence is or is not convincing to them, rather than having elected officials, experts, or regulators making the call. There's also terrible conclusions drawn from EA. "Should disabled people be allowed to live" is an ongoing debate, for example.

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Bastian Mueller @bastimuell.bsky.social
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Eh, that’s a bit of a stretch. The evaluation, study or survey has to be conducted with scientific standards and rigor. One can throw more money at a topic to produce more research, which create an advantage, but unless we’re talking about corruption, the data will speak for itself.

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