ClaimsTyler Cowen

“So, I think, on net, social media are more likely to limit the risk of war than to boost it.”

Tyler Cowen, guest 18 July 2019 Tyler Cowen on Big Business (EconTalk) archived copy

Prediction Technology

On net, social media are more likely to limit the risk of war than to increase it.

Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.

Prediction: Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

Reasoning

Vague net-effect prediction with no horizon, not testable.

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Tyler Cowen, “On net, social media are more likely to limit the risk of war than to increase it.” (said 18 July 2019). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_4cb34e8258aa, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_4cb34e8258aa

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