[aclatuts]

The real world isn't A/B tests. No government is going to spend millions on equipment and infrastructure on a congestion zone because some engineers are like "Let's just test this out. I have done zero research on what could possibly happen, but it would be fun to see what the results are."

[listenallyall]

When you write it out like that, it seems to make total sense! But then you read grant proposals that get funded - in things like the social sciences and humanities, and even conventional science and health - millions of dollars essentially just throwing darts to see what sticks.

[czzr]

Surely you see the difference between working in a development environment and working in production?

[listenallyall]

The comment to which I replied was referring to the cost, not to the implementation