
Episode 72: Moral Progress and Tolerance for Intolerance
The Theory of Anything
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GMOs, Climate Change, and the Precautionary Principle
This chapter explores the author's opposition to GMOs and their argument for the precautionary principle. It delves into the potential downsides of eating organic food, the hypothetical scenario of GMOs causing the extinction of the human race, and the concept of climate change as an existential threat. The speakers also discuss the application of the precautionary principle in different scenarios, including controlling AI programming and the decision to develop the atomic bomb.
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