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The #world is on its All Time High #ATHPodcast
“Pessimists believe that the present state of our own civilization is an exception to that pattern. But what does the precautionary principle say about that claim? Can we be sure that our present knowledge, too, is not riddled with dangerous gaps and misconceptions? That our present wealth is not pathetically inadequate to deal with unforeseen problems? Since we cannot be sure, would not the precautionary principle require us to confine ourselves to the policy that would always have been salutary in the past–namely innovation and, in emergencies, even blind optimism about the benefits of new knowledge?”
— The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World de David Deutsch
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“Pessimists believe that the present state of our own civilization is an exception to that pattern. But what does the precautionary principle say about that claim? Can we be sure that our present knowledge, too, is not riddled with dangerous gaps and misconceptions? That our present wealth is not pathetically inadequate to deal with unforeseen problems? Since we cannot be sure, would not the precautionary principle require us to confine ourselves to the policy that would always have been salutary in the past–namely innovation and, in emergencies, even blind optimism about the benefits of new knowledge?”
— The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World de David Deutsch
https://amz.onl/hc3CSg0