On: We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline...

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If you've not seen it, Thomas Sowell incisively comments on the wish for the impossible in The Quest for Cosmic Justice. There's a full book, but the original speech gives the main point:

https://www.tsowell.com/spquestc.html

Definitely worth a look, even if you don't think it applies here.

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Oh it absolutely applies - excellent reminder and post!