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I think it's unwise to screw with something you don't understand. This reminds of the changing attitude towards forest fires. Since the 1900s through the 1980
by trafficlight 17y ago
I think it's unwise to screw with something you don't understand.
This reminds of the changing attitude towards forest fires. Since the 1900s through the 1980s a lot of time and effort was spent putting out forest fires as quickly as possible. In the 1980s scientists were coming to the realization that forest fires are a critical part of the forest ecosystem. Fire clears out the dead trees and undergrowth allowing new vegetation to grow.
I think hurricanes play a similar roll, even if we don't know what exactly that is.
- dazzawazza 17y agoI'm not sure people didn't know that forest fires did that. For hundreds of years aboriginal people used fires to manage the land. The idea that we can "control nature" (born of the scientific advances of the Victorians) convinced people that we could build near/in forests that would traditionally get swept by fire every 30 years or so. It's quite arrogant that we still build there! While this does fall into the mad category I'm all up for a little mad thinking if it generates new ideas. The oceans are a great resource that we barely understand.