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minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·24 days agoI mostly care about longer term impacts. The ban has only been in place for a year and a half, so it’s really not much to go on.
minus-squareslackassassin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoShort term and long term impacts are both worthy of study, surely.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoSure, but short term impacts are generally unreliable, since there are a lot of cases of coincidence, like a good policy having no immediate impact or a bad policy having the desired impact. Longer term studies account for that randomness.
I mostly care about longer term impacts. The ban has only been in place for a year and a half, so it’s really not much to go on.
Short term and long term impacts are both worthy of study, surely.
Sure, but short term impacts are generally unreliable, since there are a lot of cases of coincidence, like a good policy having no immediate impact or a bad policy having the desired impact. Longer term studies account for that randomness.