wmw999 2,588 #1 March 30, 2011 Should we (humans, US, infrastructure, government, whatever) use any technology that hasn't been tested to perfection, and that guarantees that there are no downsides whatsoever to it? Discuss Wendy P.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #2 March 30, 2011 QuoteShould we (humans, US, infrastructure, government, whatever) use any technology that hasn't been tested to perfection, and that guarantees that there are no downsides whatsoever to it? It's not possible. That doesn't mean we shouldn't hold accountable people that make shoddy and life threatening pieces of equipment for which they'd clearly have been negligent in their designs. However, sometimes even the best thought out design can have a flaw in it that nobody possibly could have imagined based on history or nobody fully understood. We (hopefully) learn from previous mistakes.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #3 March 30, 2011 No reason to start the discussion from scratch. (I'm guessing you're already familiar with TRLs) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanG 1 #4 March 30, 2011 Only if they might hurt bats. Or threaten the oil industry. - Dan G Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,148 #5 March 31, 2011 QuoteShould we (humans, US, infrastructure, government, whatever) use any technology that hasn't been tested to perfection, and that guarantees that there are no downsides whatsoever to it? Discuss Wendy P. Like vaccines? Birth control pills?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Niki1 2 #6 March 31, 2011 Perfect is the enemy of Good.Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #7 March 31, 2011 I'm struggling to even think of a single technology which has no downsides to it whatsoever. If I come up with one, it's probably only because there's a downside I've yet to see. Best go back to flint knives... damnit - no, the other guys over the hill have started tieing their flint knives to the end of sticks to create something they call spears - they killed one of our guys with one. We're gonna have to invent a kind of mini flint spear that can be thrown by a bit of vine tied round a bent stick... but I might accidentally hit one of my friends with that... damn you technology. Besides, think of the RSI people will get from all that flint-knapping. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
