Paul Nixon

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@AndrewWoodman Reframe as £1bn, or a 50% chance of £100bn, and you'll understand why the crude expected outcome interpretation is not (always) the right lens.

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@CyclingYazz Love this, thank you so much for making it.

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@EconTalker Congratulations, Russ. What an achievement. You keep getting better and better!

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@mrianleslie Perhaps it's as simple as when big chunks of the population are in favour of policy at the outer edges of the Overton Window (unthinkable, radical), are ignored by mainstream parties, but spoken to by emergent parties addressing their concerns.

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@KathrynPorter26 @triggerpod Great job. Bravo.

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@carltonkirby Fabulous to hear your voice again, Carlton. You're easily the best commentator, I wish we had a bit more of you.

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@timspector I'm sure plenty of people eat three yoghurts a day on a planet with 8 billion inhabitants. Do they all live to 117? Answer: probably not. Maybe there are some confounders :-)

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@EconTalker A good start would be the mainstream left unequivocally decrying the appalling behaviour of those nominally on their “side”, and report honestly on what is going on right now

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@EconTalker Bravo - I read the book a couple of weeks ago on your recommendation. This is a great episode. Thank you.

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@jeremycorbyn I would prefer more prosperous and more free, thanks.

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@Vaughters Chapeau - delighted for Ben, you and the team.

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@DellAnnaLuca Yes! And hide all of the features that tempt you back in to the mire by right clicking (trending, for you, explore, etc) and selecting "Block Elements"

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@daisychristo Just wanted to say that you were absolutely magnificent on Econtalk. Bravo.

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@SteveStuWill It would be great to understand how much of this effect is smoking cessation, and how much down to improvements in treatment.

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@DeGendtThomas PS What is stage 8 in 2019 when you held off the peloton for about 20km to take an absolutely impossible victory?

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@DeGendtThomas Thank you for so many inspirational rides over the years. Amazing. Going to miss you.

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@SwipeWright You have the burden of proof the wrong way around. Remember how good margarine was going to be for us all, being lower in saturated fats and all? Same deal. We need to prove novel foodstuffs are not harmful, not the other way around...

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@davetrott 1. How do you know this only happened once?
2. People have motivations beyond money

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@KenDBerryMD Moderate drinkers live longer, though...?

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@StuartJRitchie @TedNeath The burden of proof should be the other way around.