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we could stand studying how ecosystem components interact a bit more. These "variables" and "externalities" you describe are the real world outside our bubble o
by justaaron 10y ago
we could stand studying how ecosystem components interact a bit more. These "variables" and "externalities" you describe are the real world outside our bubble of infantile understandings and knowledge.
- akiselev 10y agoOur understanding is infantile because our technology is infantile and there is no way to escape that. How would you propose we study an ecosystem where we can't even isolate and analyze the majority of bacterial, fungal, and viral species let alone study or simulate their interactions with each other and crops at the scale of even a square meter plot? I agree that we should be studying this area more (a LOT more), but there will always be existential risks with everything we do, regardless of how much time and care we put into our work. I for one refuse to let hundreds of millions or billions suffer and die when we have the technology to save them just because the unknowable risks offend someone's sensibilities. You and I will likely be dead by the time the consequences are felt, but we can't let all those hungry people die in the mean time just because of FUD.