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Is there a reasonable distinction between "it's not possible to test $X" and "it's not possible to test $X in any ethical way?"


Yes

edit: I was trying to jokingly reply "Yes {smiling-imp-emoji}" when I realized I've never seen an emoji on Hacker News before - looks like they get automatically removed!


Perhaps one distinction would be that ethics change across time and country. So it might be possible to run a test in 2020s UK that cannot be repeated in 2030s.




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