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Wed Feb 24 16:16:06 +0000 2021

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

In other words, they will REPEAT the mask error, but with something other than masks. https://t.co/io2eVXxznw — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 24, 2021 Hibernated

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

Bingo,@michaelmina_lab : "failure to act on imprefect data" plagues "science" --and it is the theme of the Incerto. Except that the solution proposed in Topol is worse & unrigorous. You focus on asymmetry of outcomes. For air safety it is 1/10^9. For masks it is much different. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael Mina @michaelmina_lab

Couldn’t agree more with this. A failure to act on imperfect data has been one of the most destructive problems in… https://t.co/p78lnExVJg

Posted Feb. 24, 2021 Hibernated

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@adolati15 Central question: how do you know you are in semistrong... — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 24, 2021 Hibernated

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