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We very consistently repeat this. Plastics, PFAS. Carbon ... Until it's staring us right in the face, we just keep piling on. Our new problems aren't so easil
by jiveturkey 3y ago
We very consistently repeat this.
Plastics, PFAS. Carbon ...
Until it's staring us right in the face, we just keep piling on. Our new problems aren't so easily remedied.
- londons_explore 3y agoThing is, there are also other things that initially look bad (eg. "vaccines linked to autism"), but then turn out to not be bad at all. Or things that are understood to be bad, but people choose to take the risk (Smoking). Or things that are known to be bad, but the benefits appear to outweigh the costs (eating meat). It's hard to draw the line on exactly how much evidence is needed before governments should outlaw something...
- jrajav 3y agoNothing about "vaccines linked to autism" ever looked bad. It was one study with sample size n=12, widely and firmly discredited, then used as the basis for a huge epidemic of motivated anti-intellectualism. Whatever the amount of evidence is that is appropriate to build regulations on, it's certainly far, far above that.
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