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why aren't all 3 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Assertion Not checkable as stated
Upton: Tens of Thousands of Tech Jobs Created Without Regulatory Burdens
“Look at the tens of thousands of jobs that have been created, the technological skills the manufacturing jobs. That have all happened without, you know, without the burden of regulation”
Fred Upton Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:35 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?
Assertion Contradicted
Upton: VC biomedical investment overseas exceeded US by 50%
“Worked with a venture capitalist to make sure, you know, last five or six years, by a 50% margin, they've invested overseas instead of here.”
Fred Upton Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:45 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?
Assertion Supported
Upton: Every new drug relies on NIH research
“There's not a new drug out there that didn't have NIH research.”
Fred Upton Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:13 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?
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