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The Skeptics Guide #873 - Apr 2 2022

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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The Main Puzzle With War

Andrew: A paper came out recently which completely changed your entire field. It said that wars are ex post inefficient, meaning once we get to the end of a war,. And there's a reason this is on my mind, and i'm sure you're all imagining what that reason is these days. The three reasons that a rational actor would choose war. Youdo have to get too wound up. I can't commit to not fighting because there's no world government. We were right if it was about russia or ukraine, but it wouldn't be amazing if it weren't.

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