By definition, evidence follows–and does not precede!–rare impactful events. Waiting for the accident before putting the seat belt on, or evidence of fire before buying insurance would make the perpetrator exit the gene pool. Ancestral wisdom hasnumerous versions such as"Cineri nunc medicina datur"(one does not give remedies to the dead), or the famous saying by Seneca"Serum est cavendi tempus in mediis malis"(you don’t wait for peril to run its course to start defending yourself).
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