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If you really think that leting people ”take their own risks as far as we are able" is the answer then I'd love to take my own risks by ignoring all traffic law
by webnrrd2k 3y ago
If you really think that leting people ”take their own risks as far as we are able" is the answer then I'd love to take my own risks by ignoring all traffic laws.
And if, as you claim, "the truth is a rare and delicate flower which we cannot reliably identify" then I'll even start a giant Simpsons-style tire fire in my backyard. Clearly it's unpossible to identify the hazards of such an enterprise.
- p_j_w 3y agoI wonder how GP would feel about his neighbor operating a meth lab.
- renewiltord 3y agoI think it is possible to modify his idea with the concept of externalities to make it work. Do you feel that is not the case?
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoThe problem with trying this for scientific investigations are that funding is the fundamental bottleneck. Labor is the other bottleneck, and it's one that is fundamentally at odds with the entire concept (as scientifically trained laborers can't work on their own ideas, but must work on the ideas they are employed to work on).
- mcguire 3y agoHow would you identify and impose costs for externalities without immediately being accused of "nannying" or legislating the outcome?