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I was thinking of things like the Y2K debacle (not really scientists who made the call there, of course). Or imagine the global cooling scare in the 1970s had
by michael_nielsen 18y ago
I was thinking of things like the Y2K debacle (not really scientists who made the call there, of course). Or imagine the global cooling scare in the 1970s had had a major impact on public policy.
- hugh 18y agoIn what way was y2k a public policy issue? And was the "debacle" the bug itself or the over-reaction to it?
- michael_nielsen 18y agoA very incomplete summary of the public policy aspect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y2K#Government_responses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y2K#Government_responses You can find far more by Googling around. A large number of countries seemed to have mobilized resources, in many cases quite significant. As to your second question, I was thinking about the over-reaction.