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Everyone: We were wrong about peak oil! Models aren't always right! Me: Couldn't our models be wrong in the wrong direction? Is the burden of proof to do nothi
by zug_zug 5y ago
Everyone: We were wrong about peak oil! Models aren't always right!
Me: Couldn't our models be wrong in the wrong direction?
Is the burden of proof to do nothing until it's scientifically definitive for societal collapse? Or is the burden to intervene until it's definitive that there is no risk of societal collapse (even if our models underestimate).
- ivalm 5y agoBut interventions can also cause societal collapse. If you don’t know what you are doing don’t do anything since action can be worse than inaction.
- Bronze_Colossus 5y agoThat just seems like a generally bad advice. It's true that we can't know everything but we usually kinda know something and from that we can act.