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by aleph_minus_one 406 days ago
> You don’t want someone designing a bridge, performing open heart surgery, or flying a plane with 300 people on it who were trained by unverified schools.

The risk tolerance varies a lot between people.

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Sure, but you can logically figure out why many of those professions sought professional licensure and accreditation in the first place.

It’s the same concept as “regulations are written in blood.”

Rather: regulators want to regulate.