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by SmellyGeekBoy 2671 days ago
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding your comment but the reason planes aren't falling out of the sky and high rises aren't all on fire is because these things are so heavily regulated.

Not that I'm a fan of knee-jerk reactive lawmaking, but they struck me as odd examples.

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Maybe he used a inaccurate analogy but if we had laws preventing inventing questionable technology we might not have a lot of things we take for granted. More like the wright brothers being banned from testing on the beach because they could hurt someone.