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Roughly half of bicycle and pedestrian collisions are not reported, and because they’re commonly recorded through police reports, there could be equity implications. There could also be near misses where people don’t file reports.
Elements of Robust Data in the Safe Systems Approach
Alta
So, even if you have an RCT showing positive effect, there’s still perhaps a 20-50% chance that the true effect is near zero.
Is It Fair to Say That Most Social Programmes Don’t Work?
80000hours.org
I wouldn’t say that Isaac Newton made himself more intelligent when he invented calculus; he must have been mighty intelligent in order to invent it in the first place. Calculus enabled him to solve certain problems that he couldn’t solve before, but he was not the biggest beneficiary of his invention—the rest of humanity was. Those who came after Newton benefitted from calculus in two ways: in the short term, they could solve problems that they couldn’t solve before; in the long term, they could build on Newton’s work and devise other, even more powerful mathematical techniques.
Why Computers Won’t Make Themselves Smarter
newyorker.com
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