Hi Fuchs,

Quote Originally Posted by Fuchs View Post
Philosophy and science will probably evolve to the point where the net benefit or loss can be known.
Actually, we can "know" them right now. The problem isn't in the knowing, it's in a) the way of knowing (it's a probabilistic sheaf of potential costs) and b) the communicating (most people have a really hard time thinking in probabilistic sheafs).