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gretch on Feb 12, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at ...

>Just because it has not come to pass yet does not mean they were wrong.

This assertion is meaningless because it can be applied to anything.

"I think vaccines cause autism and will cause human annihilation" - just because it has not yet come to pass does not mean it is wrong.

anigbrowl on Feb 12, 2025 [–]

No. there have not been any nuclear exchanges, whereas there have been millions, probably billions of vaccinations. You're giving equal weight to conjecture and empirical data.

RajT88 on Feb 14, 2025 | [–]

There have been tens of billions of vaccinations.

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