On the one hand, there's a lot of garbage social-science literature on this & many other topics. On the other hand, just because something is difficult to identify reliably with the tools of social science does not mean it does not exist.https://twitter.com/AlexNowrasteh/status/1165291968194387968 …
What is the opposite of "act" - leave in place the existing rules? Bear in mind that policymakers had to act without social science for most of human history. The whole field of political philosophy developed without it.
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Yes, it’s an argument for doing nothing. And for the vast majority of human history, virtually all choices made by policy makers were bad ones. I’m not sure Henry VIII or Julius Caesar are data points in your favor.
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Aren’t conservatives supposed to weary of change because of the limits of human knowledge? How about we expand those limits a bit before trying new policies?
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