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Last Checked Nov. 7, 2021

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Thu Oct 21 20:14:49 +0000 2021

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@oledanielson Actually, no. If spending on crime reduces crime, then there would be no visible ex post correlation. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 21, 2021

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

Interesting: Truth = Justice, Same in Aramaic ܩܘܫܬܐ, classical Arabic, حق, no? But unsure about other Semitic tongues ( קֹשְׁטְ does not seem to map to ܩܘܫܬܐ). — PolitiTweet.org

Aleksandar Dogandžić @a_dogandzic

@nntaleb In Serbian, "pravda" means justice. It seems also in Russian, at least historically. https://t.co/FX1EDyTImy

Posted Oct. 21, 2021

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

This is a horrible use of correlation. If police spending reduces the crime rate, then EX POST there must be NO cross-sectional correlation between crime and police spending. The only way to know is by lagging variables. — PolitiTweet.org

Scott Hechinger @ScottHech

“One might worry that reducing police spending would lead to a spike in crime. A review of spending on state & loca… https://t.co/fKklf…

Posted Oct. 21, 2021

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