[Professor Kim Yong-hwan's Agricultural Industry Tip] Pascal's Wager

Published 2025년 12월 16일

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[Agricultural, Fisheries, and Livestock Newspaper=Agricultural, Fisheries, and Livestock Newspaper] Recently, an article from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) science journal Undark, which addressed environmental safety issues, has garnered attention. The article pointed out that discussions surrounding toxic substances and environmental issues have evolved beyond scientific verification into a battleground for political and cultural debates, and that today, environmental and safety issues are easily distorted by the combination of various interest groups such as activists, political forces, the litigation industry, and wellness influencers, rather than scientific evidence. Undark criticized the use of pesticides and other chemicals by interest groups as symbols of social awakening rather than scientific data, and explored research or conclusions that are lacking.

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Kim Yong-hwan, a guest editorial writer for this newspaper and former industry-academic cooperation professor at Seoul National University’s Department of Agricultural and Life Sciences A recent article on environmental safety issues from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) science journal Undark has garnered attention. The article pointed out that the discussion surrounding toxic substances and environmental issues has evolved beyond scientific verification into a political and cultural battleground, and today, environmental and safety issues are easily distorted by the combination of various interest groups such as activists, political forces, the litigation industry, and wellness influencers, rather than scientific evidence. Undark criticized the use of interest groups that utilize the dangers of chemicals such as pesticides as a symbol of social awakening rather than scientific data, and pointed out the behavior of exaggerating the interpretation of ambiguous ...
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