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    Was there a reason you decided to focus on a subset of consensus protocols? I.e, only blockchains v. blockchains, DAGs, hashgraphs, and any new protocols that may appear.

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    Comment #16506164

    You're assuming with certainty that there was a causal relationship. Given that assumption you were comfortable in proclaiming the counterfactual to be true. You "knew" it was true…

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    > But that’s because of aggressive efforts to recruit women, as well as lawsuits, in the 1980s and 1990s, to counteract the long history of discrimination (the field as 95% men in …

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    You can't reason with ideologues. That's what makes them dangerous. With an inability to entertain an opposing view there can be no course correction.

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    Comment #16502043

    It seems counterfactuals can be known (according to the downvotes). It must be clear how truth-values can be obtained. I must have missed the news about A/B testing reality. Silly …

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    Comment #16501492

    You can be sure of a counterfactual? Really.

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    Comment #16413275

    I hadn't realised that people didn't know what type of data structure Ethereum used.

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    This may sound radical & all, but I think people may be investing in coins based on things which are other than 'rational'. 'I can calculate the movement of stars, but not the madn…

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    I think most things can change chains. So I'm not condemning everything.

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    A blockchain?

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    That's probably because people think decentralised apps should be decentralised.

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    Comment #16409906

    If it's on Ethereum, it's not decentralised. Their state is mutable -- as per the DAO.

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