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"Live" update of analysis of 2K UK respondents and their views on privacy-encroaching tracking policies: stephanlewandowsky.github.io/UKsocialLicenc…
This page will change as more analyses are added. Links to project description and preregistration and data at the same link. 1/n
THREAD: The model that influenced UK government policy imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial… is now being critiqued after the UK government’s U-turn and acknowledgement that their initial policy might have caused up to 250,000 excess deaths. 1/n
What follows from this? It does not follow that those scientists, or models generally, should be condemned or ridiculed. The scientists did their best under extremely difficult circumstances. No one approaches corona flippantly.
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On the contrary. The model was valuable. Let’s establish 1 thing: You can't do anything without a model in science. Anyone who says otherwise does not understand what an average of a handful of numbers represents. The average *is* a model. Background: amazon.com/Computational-….
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Apparently I was not the only behavioural scientist puzzled by this. Today a letter by scientists that questions the government’s approach and is asking for that “behavioural” evidence to be released, has attracted >100 signatures from UK academics sites.google.com/view/covidopen…
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There are several reasons why I signed this letter, even though I am convinced that the scientific experts who advise the government are acting in good faith and in order to minimize harm to society.
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