Do we humans (especially academics) tend to focus on the minutiae? Is it not in our nature to “see the big picture”?
Certainly focusing and measuring “Carbon” changes everything: agriculture, food, energy production etc. It’s classic Heisenberg Principle: whatever you measure you change. Unfortunately the change is perverse because it is the tunnel vision of “Carbon”.
Do we humans (especially academics) tend to focus on the minutiae? Is it not in our nature to “see the big picture”?
Certainly focusing and measuring “Carbon” changes everything: agriculture, food, energy production etc. It’s classic Heisenberg Principle: whatever you measure you change. Unfortunately the change is perverse because it is the tunnel vision of “Carbon”.
Thanks for posting this to raise awareness.
You're welcome, Henry.
"Majoring on the minors" is a common problem.
The questions we can ask are limited by our technology and vision.
Leroy and colleagues do a good job of pointing out the problems with this example of reductionist-thinking.
Thanks for your support.