Maya Forstater

@alexcobham OK I am a miserable sod, but your assessment of the benefits-cost ratio says it is unknown, not 'extraordinarily high'

@MForstater Look at costs. If data required by law, additional compliance for open publishing (probably) < 0. So BCR =?

@alexcobham = unknown/ low (probably) = unknown

@alexcobham - just because an intervention is apparently low cost does not mean its CBR = incredibly high!

@alexcobham e.g. It would cost govt next to nothing to publish the sex offenders register =/= a compelling case that they should

@MForstater can't really go much further if you won't consider the argument I actually made Maya

@alexcobham - low publishing cost argument cld apply to every bit of personal or confidential statutory data govt collects. Not compelling

@MForstater Sigh. That's not the argument made. If benefits likely large and positive, and costs negative, case strong. See paper for case.