Re:The U.S. wants to dump 1.5 tons of rat poison pellets on ...
by trixie_ on Monday July 15, 2019 @04:02PM
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Armchair expert case in point. If you think you know a better way, then do the work and propose a rational solution to the problem at hand.
Saying, 'experts have been wrong therefore my opinion is just as valid' is a poor contribution to a rational discussion.
Re:The U.S. wants to dump 1.5 tons of rat poison pellets on ...
by grecy on Monday July 15, 2019 @05:43PM
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As with all the examples I listed, doing nothing would be better than pouring on massive amounts of toxic chemicals.
I'm not saying "experts have been wrong, therefore listen to me", I'm saying "Using toxic chemicals to fix a problem is often a very, very bad idea".
And how many years ago would they have recommended dumping Roundup in places to fix a weed problem?
How many years ago did doctors actually recommend smoking cigarettes to help with breathing problems?
How many years ago did we intentionally spray ourselves with DDT?
All of those things were done on the advice of 'Experts who make this their livelihood'. But now we've learned better, and that advice is now seen to be utterly terrible.
The very name of the thing, 'rat poison' should give us a fairly good understanding of what we will learn in the coming decades about how short-sighted of a suggestion this is, just like all the others I have listed.