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What do you mean nothing? Organizations like the FDA famously got a lot more powerful after incidents like with Thalidomide -- a big enough screwup seems to res
by dale_glass 4y ago
What do you mean nothing? Organizations like the FDA famously got a lot more powerful after incidents like with Thalidomide -- a big enough screwup seems to result in very considerable change.
Why here it's also not rare to see people complain about the onerous regulations on nuclear power, guess where those came from?
- p-e-w 4y agoThalidomide, Three Mile Island, etc. were accidents – caused by negligence and poor standards, sure, but accidents nonetheless. These doctors deliberately poisoned people for a sick experiment while lying about it. If you really can't tell the difference, and if it isn't obvious to you that the latter can't be "fixed" simply with stricter regulation, I don't know what to tell you.
- dale_glass 4y ago> If you really can't tell the difference, and if it isn't obvious to you that the latter can't be "fixed" simply with stricter regulation, I don't know what to tell you. I don't see a fundamental difference. Harm was done, rules should be put in place to prevent it in the future. Whether it was negligence or intentional is just a detail. I don't see what's different about intentional harm that's not preventable with regulation. You put more people in the loop. You ensure that whoever breaks the rules sees no benefit. You can't prevent everything of course, but you can cut down a lot on it.
- ComplexSystems 4y agoIt was always illegal to poison people. These doctors didn't care.