The question of whether the risk of a miscarriage of justice outweighs the risk of a murder deterred is a moral judgement, and so not one on which an expert's opinion is any more valuable than a… (View Post)

See this article: "Why do people use jargon to appear knowledgeable" https://www.hamessharley.com.au/knowledge/jargon Also see this article about how a profession uses jargon " to make… (View Post)

I'm not sure they'd improve even then to be honest. Every country I've lived or worked in (which is a fair few now) has had big problems with getting incentives in the public sector ri… (View Post)

The ultimate technocrat - whatever the problem, fiddling with governmental structures will solve it. Or at least start to solve it. Or generate a couple of positive headlines. Or something. (View Post)

The truly idiotic thing is pretending that eleven unemployables somehow represent a country because they can hit a small leather ball, or that it matters a damn whether they are better than some othe… (View Post)