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Issues with Fukushima that could've prevented the disaster were raised by engineers/scientists but were ignored for years by the government/politicians
by trinovantes 4y ago
Issues with Fukushima that could've prevented the disaster were raised by engineers/scientists but were ignored for years by the government/politicians
- 8note 4y agoThat's always going to happen though. The government doesn't always have attention and money to shower on nuclear plants.
- sangnoir 4y ago...and what lessons can we draw from this?
- trinovantes 4y agoTrust your nuclear scientists/engineers because they know what they're doing and are, in fact, not playing god
- YetAnotherNick 4y agoSo? Anything could have been prevented on hindsight.
- theshrike79 4y agoIt's not hindsight when someone warns you beforehand.
- wolverine876 4y agoGiven a large enough population, you can always in hindsight find someone who predicted the outcome.
- wolverine876 4y agoSimilar claims are often made after accidents, especially by people sympathetic to engineers an scientists (such as at HN). Given a large enough population, you can always find people who predict disaster. Every leader (of a large enough population) has to decide which predictions to trust and which not to; there isn't enough money and time in the world to listen to them all, and to perfect any machine - especially large, highly complex ones. The question is not 'was this one prediction accurate?', but 'how reliable is that population of predictions?'