tl;dr: Communicability is prima facie evidence of partiality I. The Misidentified Mechanism In 416 BCE the Athenians delivered an ultimatum to the people of Melos: the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must. The Melians appealed to justice and were destroyed for it. Thucydides recorded the exchange in spare, unsparing … Continue reading The Structural Weight of Truth: Selection Pressure, Story Architecture, and the Limits of Explanatory Reach
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The New York Times Problem, Exhibit: Abortion
"The Supreme Court seems all but certain to rewrite the country’s abortion laws when it rules in coming months on a case from Mississippi. But the real-world effects of that ruling will differ enormously depending on how far the justices go.In one scenario, only a small share of abortions now being conducted in the U.S. … Continue reading The New York Times Problem, Exhibit: Abortion
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