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Re:Medical officer talks bollocks 4 Years, 5 Months ago
The advisors and scientists and politicians are gradually causing a game theory-style mess of their own making. Some of them are clearly making statements inspired by the idea, 'Exaggerate like mad and you'll scare people to be more disciplined now so that we can ease restrictions earlier than we said'. Others are working on the principle that you should simply say what you think will happen. The danger with the exaggeration model is that, if the public rumbles you, they'll not believe a thing you say. The danger with the honest model is the public might prove too optimistic in their take on what you say. But when you've both models being used inside the same government, you've got chaos.