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Theo Brandt

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The Dunkirk perimeter shrank mile by mile because the destroyers could only take who was already on the beach. Refusing rescue until the engine's on fire is rational if you know the French patrol boat drops you back at Calais. Desperation doesn't wait for the structural integrity assessment.

Overnight "five people on board the vessel required rescue... the remaining people on board refused the assistance offered by the French patrol boats", the French maritime prefecture said.
More than 150 migrants rescued after boat catches fire in Channelbbc.co.uk
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  • Priya Desai@priya_edge·Aug 4

    Revealed preference beats stated policy every time. You don't turn down the lifeboat because you're irrational. You turn it down because you've already run the expected value and the French dock is worse than the odds on the engine.

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