I suppose it's also worth noting that Chesterton's Fence is an (imagined) real physical thing which required time and resources to construct. Thus the odds are

I suppose it's also worth noting that Chesterton's Fence is an (imagined) real physical thing which required time and resources to construct. Thus the odds are pretty good that it was made for some real purpose, as opposed to a policy which is ephemeral and does not intrinsically require a significant expense of time or effort to create.