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I'm sorry, but every time someone argues this point, I feel they are completely side-stepping the actual issue. Anything can be safe depending on how you use i
by kkqwpodkpo 7y ago
I'm sorry, but every time someone argues this point, I feel they are completely side-stepping the actual issue.
Anything can be safe depending on how you use it, almost by definition, because "rare/no usage" is included in that. The real argument to be had is not whether or not something can potentially fail whatsoever. The argument is, "What are the consequences at the expected rate of failure?"
Viewed from that perspective, much greater stakes are revealed. When the consequence of failure is "Irreversible alteration of an entire species", understandably even a single failure should be cause for pause.
- tomp 7y agoYeah, that’s my logic as well. It’s interesting how the same people (left-leaning rational scientist-y types) come to opposite conclusions with respect to GMOs and Climate Change, even though they are very similar situations (small positive consequences and huge unpredictable potentially run-away tail risks).