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Eventually, some thing that we cannot control (e.g. Giant meteor, pandemic, etc) will come to destroy us. If it does, it will be our fault for not progressing
by tdehnel 3y ago
Eventually, some thing that we cannot control (e.g. Giant meteor, pandemic, etc) will come to destroy us.
If it does, it will be our fault for not progressing fast enough in terms of knowledge.
There is no world in which we could, or would want to limit our growth in terms of scientific knowledge. Not to mention the fact that to do so would mean ceding full totalitarian control.
- flagrant_taco 3y agoAre you really arguing that we should have no boundries on progress for fear of a rogue asteroid destroying us all? Shouldn't we consider the risks of what we may accidentally break or purposely misuse along the way? Scientific knowledge comes with risks, both in how the tools can be used as well as errogant or misguided belief that we know enough to understand all meaningful implications of wielding said knowledge. Even the concept of progress as a goal seems misguided and risky. We shouldn't assume something is better simply because it isn't what we had before. "Not worse than what we had before" is a great goal but one that requires effort and focus, it isn't a given law of the universe that all change is good simply because it's change.
- tdehnel 3y agoOk, you pick the areas in which to limit progress. Or we could try to progress everywhere, including in areas of safety from technological risk.