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Basic statistics, really.

Nothing is yes/no. Everything is maybe/maybe not. We're just moving the needle towards maybe or towards maybe not.

A seat belt moves the needle a lot in the "maybe not" section for the "dying in a car crash" category.

Government regulation is mixed but guess what, the empirical evidence shows it works. How do we know that? What do we call countries with crap, weak and abused regulation? Failed states.



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