«Now, at night, if you look out over the valley of Oaxaca, cradle of the Zapotec civilization, you will
see stars above the dark and ancient mountains, shadows of
pyramids on the ridges, maybe the moon rising
behind — and down by the baseball stadium, the great golden chichis of Santa McDona.»
While I appreciate the sentiment
behind the precautionary principle, it is pernicious in its application when we don't have enough information (
see: the USDA food
pyramid, and it's «precaution» against fat, which has increased our carbohydrate intake and therefore the rate of the diseases of civilization).