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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45
...We need to decide whether we want to make decisions based on what is 50% likely to happen, 90%, worst-case? How we can legitimately prevent or adapt to these changes or consequences?
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Or Dick Cheney's 1% doctrine.
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If there's a 1% chance that Pakistani scientists are helping al-Qaeda build or develop a nuclear weapon, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response. It's not about our analysis ... It's about our response.
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If there's a 1% chance that man is causing global warming, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response. It's not about our analysis ... It's about our response.
Then we should shoot somebody in the face with bird shot.