[extropy-chat] Wikipedia entry on the Proactionary Principle

[Harvey Newstrom]

On Jul 17, 2005, at 6:36 AM, Giu1i0 Pri5c0 wrote:

> The Wikipedia entry on the Proactionary Principle has been proposed  
> for deletion on the basis of the allegation that not many people  
> support or have paid attention to it. The entry should be expanded and  
> supporters should vote to keep it on Wikipedia. My vote: Keep. it is  
> an important concept. Wikipedia has an entry on the  
> Precautionary_Principle, this article provides a needed balance.
>  >From the entry: Dr. Max More, philosopher, authored the text for the  
> ethical principle that stipulates the following:  People's freedom to  
> innovate technologically is highly valuable, even critical, to  
> humanity. This implies several imperatives when restrictive measures  
> are proposed: Assess risks and opportunities according to available  
> science, not popular perception. Account for both the costs of the  
> restrictions themselves, and those of opportunities foregone. Favor  
> measures that are proportionate to the probability and magnitude of  
> impacts, and that have a high expectation value. Protect people's  
> freedom to experiment, innovate, and progress.

It is a simple matter to Google for this term, exluding the authors and  
wikipedia, to see hundreds of references to it by various organizations  
and projects.
See  
<http://www.google.com/search? 
num=100&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&as_qdr=all&q=+%22Proactionary+Principle%22+- 
site%3Aextropy.org+-site%3Aextropy.com+-site%3Awikipedia.org+- 
site%3Amaxmore.com&btnG=Search>

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