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Human track record for understanding complex systems is poor, let alone tampering with them. That is the likely culrpit for the knee-jerk here.
by waihtis 5y ago
Human track record for understanding complex systems is poor, let alone tampering with them. That is the likely culrpit for the knee-jerk here.
- AmericanChopper 5y agoScience dogma strikes again. Science can’t predict anything with absolute certainty, I’m quite skeptical of the idea that a prediction about a system this complex could be made with even a “very good” level of certainty. But when it comes to communicating science to the public, the only message that can be put forward is one of perfectly unanimous, absolute certainty. The people are too stupid to make their own judgements, so they must not be given the opportunity.
- waihtis 5y agoThats an interesting stance for sure. Unfortunately this kind of approach is flawed and will sow contempt in the populace against the government, resulting eventually in riots & overthrow
- AmericanChopper 5y agoI was being a bit facetious. I was criticizing what I view to be the shortcomings in contemporary science communication, and I would suggest that you can already see how it has resulted in contempt and mistrust directed towards our institutions.
- majormajor 5y agoI think the mistrust came before the contemporary communication. Especially in the US. A pro-agrarian/anti-development conservative strain goes back to the original colonies.
- wildmanx 5y agoInteresting they integrated diesel trucks and assault rifles so centrally into their existence. I'm sure those were not around in the original colonies.
- waihtis 5y agoProblem is it's very difficult to tell who's serious and who's not in today's world :-)
- sudomakeup 5y agoPoe's law strikes again