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Someone once said "The pen is mightier than the sword. But when you have taken my pen, what choice do I have?"

• adamch 7y ago
  Forgive me if I prefer to base my policy analysis on quantitative studies rather than idioms.
  • lliamander 7y ago
    Shallow statistics are never going to replace empathy* when it comes to sound policy making. That study does show that banning content within a forum means that you will get less of that content on that forum. A useful but not entirely surprising result. As a Reddit user, I'm glad that the site has less of such content. It does not prove that censorship reduces "radicalization" (whatever that is). As the study says, many of those users just moved their content to Voat. *By which I mean cognitive empathy: the capacity to infer the motivational states of other people and anticipate their actions.
    • afiori 7y ago
      > Shallow statistics are never going to replace empathy* when it comes to sound policy making. Agree, hyperrational people often forget how easy it is to lie with (true) numbers.
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