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> "Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton#Chesterton's_fence

In other words, it's not enough to say, "This principle gets in the way of something I want to do, so let's throw it out because I'm sure the inconvenience I'm experiencing is worse than the consequences of doing away with it." You need to have a *theory* of how you will prevent the harms the principle protects us from once you tear it down.

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