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Well, I disagree. Partial knowledge and technology can be bad and extremely dangerous. In the 19th- early 20th century they were treating radioactive substance
by eftychis 8y ago
Well, I disagree. Partial knowledge and technology can be bad and extremely dangerous.
In the 19th- early 20th century they were treating radioactive substances like they were chew toys (making toys etc). The worst nuclear accident happened near lake Karachay, because they had the technology to create nuclear weapons, but did not understand, or knew the danger and how to manage the waste. (Russians were trying to catch up and create their own arsenal, had acquired fragmented knowledge that were piecing together.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Karachay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Karachay
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jul/20/graveyard-earth-inside-city-40-ozersk-russia-deadly-secret-nuclear https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jul/20/graveyard-ear...
- TomMarius 8y agoI'm not sure I understand you. You're saying that we will solve lack of knowledge with stopping the pursuit of knowledge?
- eftychis 8y agoNo. My argument is kind of the opposite. I am here countering the point that gaining knowledge is a monotonous function with respect to "goodness"/value. We need to be cautious and acknowledge our lack of knowledge, when we move ahead.
- TomMarius 8y agoI fully agree with you, of course. That doesn't mean the technology is bad, though - it's just that people are too cocky and think they know everything. Knowledge can't be bad nor good, people and their use of knowledge are.