http://www.schoolofthinking.org/2010/the-consequences-are-coming-4/ Escape - Search - Think Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:19:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.schoolofthinking.org/2010/the-consequences-are-coming-4/#comment-102167 julian Tue, 09 Nov 2010 11:02:26 +0000 http://www.schoolofthinking.org/?p=1460#comment-102167 well we get what we deserve! well we get what we deserve!

]]> http://www.schoolofthinking.org/2010/the-consequences-are-coming-4/#comment-82024 rogi Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:36:58 +0000 http://www.schoolofthinking.org/?p=1460#comment-82024 Right. The Law of Unintended Consequences (LUC) seems to be one of very few valid laws in the social sphere. It is about consequnces nobody considered, but which happened nevertheless. Its complement is the "law"(?) of consequences that were expressely intended NOT to happen, and which do happen. For instance, antibiotics were developed to kill undesirable microorganisms. The obvious consequence is that the microorganisms SHALL die. The complementary form of the LUC is that the microorganisms develop immunity to antibiotics and not only survive, but even multiply. Right. The Law of Unintended Consequences (LUC) seems to be one of very few valid laws in the social sphere. It is about consequnces nobody considered, but which happened nevertheless. Its complement is the “law”(?) of consequences that were expressely intended NOT to happen, and which do happen. For instance, antibiotics were developed to kill undesirable microorganisms. The obvious consequence is that the microorganisms SHALL die. The complementary form of the LUC is that the microorganisms develop immunity to antibiotics and not only survive, but even multiply.

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