Comment Comment by rhn_mk1 Lead is a bad example, unless you mean long forgotten times. Even Romans knew:> The Romans were aware that lead could cause serious health problemshttps://archive.epa.gov/epa/aboutepa/lead-poisoning-historic...Asbestos, likewise, was being used 80 years after the discovery of ill effects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_asbestos_disease_medic...Radium's danger was known 2 years after its discovery according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium#HazardsI think your examples support the thesis that we're actually decent at discovering harmful effects, but we don't mind them.But they don't support the thesis that we might find something unpleasant about power electronics that we don't yet know about. parent rhn_mk1 4 years ago
> The Romans were aware that lead could cause serious health problems
https://archive.epa.gov/epa/aboutepa/lead-poisoning-historic...
Asbestos, likewise, was being used 80 years after the discovery of ill effects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_asbestos_disease_medic...
Radium's danger was known 2 years after its discovery according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium#Hazards
I think your examples support the thesis that we're actually decent at discovering harmful effects, but we don't mind them.
But they don't support the thesis that we might find something unpleasant about power electronics that we don't yet know about.