A spectrum is a bad way to think about diversity of ideas. To map ideas into a spectrum you have to put them into a box.
The GMO is example is very fitting of how the box limits thinking well about the issue. It’s a tool that allows to change a species in a stronger way then is possible without the tool and with that power comes the ability to screw up. Sensible GMO policy is about risk management and what kind of risk management is reasonable instead of having a “GMO is good” or “GMO is bad” position.
If we all go to the right, and there is no one going to the left, then in very unlikely event that going right way proves to be fatal (black swans are still a thing),
Black Swans per definition are not on the spectrum.
A spectrum is a bad way to think about diversity of ideas. To map ideas into a spectrum you have to put them into a box.
The GMO is example is very fitting of how the box limits thinking well about the issue. It’s a tool that allows to change a species in a stronger way then is possible without the tool and with that power comes the ability to screw up. Sensible GMO policy is about risk management and what kind of risk management is reasonable instead of having a “GMO is good” or “GMO is bad” position.
Black Swans per definition are not on the spectrum.