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One thing I don't think I've ever seen in my life and never expect to see is a statement along the following lines: "Yeah, those cranks and 'conspiracy theorist
by mynameishere 4y ago
One thing I don't think I've ever seen in my life and never expect to see is a statement along the following lines: "Yeah, those cranks and 'conspiracy theorists' were right again." And this will stay true no matter how many times they are right.
The credit will always go to some academic who discovers the obvious after the damage is done.
- cassianoleal 4y ago> the obvious after the damage is done This is survivorship bias.
- micromacrofoot 4y agoYou can't easily conclude "right" here, but you can very easily adjust the narrative to fit certain biases. There's at least one study that tried to link loss of education with a greater long-term loss of life than the short-term losses avoided with closures... but there are a lot of holes and assumptions so it's far from reliable. https://www.npr.org/2021/01/31/962090342/did-closing-schools-save-lives-or-cost-lives-the-debate-continues https://www.npr.org/2021/01/31/962090342/did-closing-schools...