Nate Silver

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Generously interpreted, the "precautionary principle" might mean "make an effort to account for uncertain hazards, even if they're hard to quantify". OK! But in this case (school closures) there are hard-to-quantify hazards *whatever* you decide. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 23, 2022

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

The "precautionary principle" is a dubious heuristic to begin with, but it's flat-out dumb if you think it ought to override cost-benefit analysis instead of being *part* of cost-benefit analysis. https://t.co/vYV7hTvIV8 https://t.co/8nnbVRpHVJ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 23, 2022

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@sdbaral I actually think the PP makes a decent argument *against* drastic interventions like closures, i.e. "In-person interactions have long been the basis of civil society; although there are now many adequate virtual substitutes, we should be cautious about abruptly removing them". — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 23, 2022