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Particularly put down by this type of comments. Such comments are pure negative addition, not adding any value in terms of solving the problem. It's not even
by justicezyx 8y ago
Particularly put down by this type of comments.
Such comments are pure negative addition, not adding any value in terms of solving the problem.
It's not even clear if this is a problem: "very little is known about whether lasers can harm the animals' retinas."
The sentiment of this type of comments are also predominantly one-sided, which always is the most important property of any failed attempts of solving any non-trivial large-scale problems.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 8y agoIt's like an invitation to the precautionary principle. "When the occurrence of any damage, albeit unpredictable in the current state of scientific knowledge, may seriously and irreversibly harm the environment, public authorities shall, with due respect for the principle of precaution and the areas within their jurisdiction, ensure the implementation of procedures for risk assessment and the adoption of temporary measures commensurate with the risk involved in order to preclude the occurrence of such damage" I like it.
- ceejayoz 8y ago> It's not even clear if this is a problem: "very little is known about whether lasers can harm the animals' retinas." It's not clear it's not a problem, either. As you cite, we don't know either way yet. "Let's be careful mucking with an ecosystem" isn't negative, and there's a lot of historical evidence such caution is necessary.
- Godel_unicode 8y agoI think this fails the base rate fallacy test; there are lots of times when mucking with an ecosystem hasn't caused problems, but nobody talks about those.
- elago 8y agoFailure of an ecosystem is very severe. What does the base rate fallacy test have to say about playing russian roulette? No one talks about the 5/6 times it doesn't cause any problems.
- nerpderp83 8y agoMistakes that can't be unmade. They happen only once.