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The precautionary principle suggests limiting time until it’s proven that there’s no impact on young, developing brains
by dymk 7y ago
The precautionary principle suggests limiting time until it’s proven that there’s no impact on young, developing brains
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoNothing can be proven like that. They can’t even run studies, so without any further information, usage among kids will grow anyways (because kids think it’s fun and lots of parents will ignore suspicions).
- dymk 7y agoI’m not going to nit pick on what “proven” means, and studies on this kind of thing certainly can be run, they just haven’t yet. That’s why caution is being applied.
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoA controlled study on the effects of VR on children would involve running experiments on lots of children. Try getting that by your clinical ethics board....