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Scientist predicted U.S. protests/riots, says civil unrest may last 10-15 years
- laksdjfkasljdf 6y ago> The state (size of the government, GDP, debts, the legitimacy of power) love to see how they quantify 'legitimacy of power'
- rumanator 6y agoI'm not sure how this sort of article finds itself being published by Nature. I mean, it includes surprisingly wrong assertions such as the following: > In the United States, 50-year instability spikes occurred around 1870, 1920 and 1970, so another could be due around 2020. I mean, any freshman who started taking a class in probability understands that that's not how return periods work. At all.
- rumanator 6y agoI'm not sure how this sort of article finds itself being published by Nature. I mean, it includes surprisingly wrong assertions such as the following: > In the United States, 50-year instability spikes occurred around 1870, 1920 and 1970, so another could be due around 2020. I mean, any freshman who started taking a class in probability understands that that's not how return periods work. At all. Yes, it's only an opinion piece with half a dozen articles, but if it's fundamentally questionable then why pass it off as a reference?