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Author Topic: You will have to pick a side. There is no longer Room for Procrastination  (Read 9900 times)

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The precautionary principle of science dictated that we STOP using DDT.

The precautionary principle of science dictates that we STOP using fossil fuels. The science is much clearer than it was for DDT!

But the point is, at the time the book was written, MANY PEOPLE said it was "ABSURD" to believe DDT could cause the extinction of several thousand Monotreme species (mammals that lay eggs). They did not want people shouting from the rooftops that:  WE were in danger, along with the Monotremes, because if DDT did that to egg shells, WHAT ELSE MIGHT IT DO?

Alan and Ashvin provide sad evidence that History repeats itself.  :(


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Yes, THAT is what the precautionary principle is:

"The precautionary principle or precautionary approach to risk management states that if an action or policy has a suspected risk of causing harm to the public or to the environment, in the absence of scientific consensus that the action or policy is not harmful, the burden of proof that it is not harmful falls on those taking an action"

I am not arguing that you need to meet a certain burden of proof for NTHE before denouncing actions which cause environmental problems or promoting drastic actions to combat environmental problems. In fact, no one has argued that. Once again, you are ascribing this view to us because it makes us seem apathetic and your position more reasonable.

The PP does NOT state that you should ascribe more certainty to an outcome (NTHE) than the evidence warrants, and that is what I am claiming you are doing until you convince me otherwise.

So, the evidence does not "warrant" my premise. Yet I have repeatedly stated that Ashvin does not want to give any importance to the evidence I present.

How about you, Alan? Do you think the deforestation and extinction data (a tiny part of the overall degradation picture) I have so far presented does not "warrant" my premise?

Shall we now dance over to defining what "is" (see Clinton). This is getting absolutely ridiculous in the level of denial. 

But at least Ashvin CLAIMS that (see: "I am not arguing that you need to meet a certain burden of proof for NTHE before denouncing actions which cause environmental problems or promoting drastic actions to combat environmental problems.") that he is not demanding an impossibly high burden of proof.

You, Alan, are. You claim drastic measures are not warranted at all.

I'm not sure I buy Ashvin's assurances about backing drastic measures. Claiming the evidence doesn't warrant my premise while claiming his standard for agreeing with my premise is not high is okay. But WITHOUT telling me what evidence standard he would accept (see: he states he doesn't know that much about climate science and the biosphere = DOUBT) is illogical. It's erring on the side of the incremental measures status quo that I have already proven isn't doing enough.

It's wrong. The precautionary principle requires that, if we are to err, it is on the side of doing more than may be necessary to eliminate the threat of N.T.H.E.

But I know I'm talking to a wall. so it goes.  :(

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Matt 10:37

 

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