Edward Tenner Unintended consequences

What are the causes? Well, it's an unintended consequence.

Human error One of the most cited explanations in official inquiries as to the loss of any aircraft or vessel is human error.

Unfortunately, this often results in inadvertent harm.

Ninth, QE and other unconventional monetary policies can have serious unintended consequences.

It is, after all, the human endeavor most associated with unintended consequences.

Every new invention changes the world in ways both intentional and unexpected. Historian Edward Tenner tells stories that illustrate the under appreciated gap between our ability to innovate and our ability to foresee the consequences.

ISLAMABAD Large events sometimes have unintended strategic consequences.

Syria may well become a second Iraq, not by design but as an unintended consequence of current policy.

In engineering, compensation is planning for side effects or other unintended issues in a design.

That did not mean that support tasks were no longer needed on the contrary, a whole new range of demands had emerged.

It is important to note that these were unintended consequences of basically sensible policy decisions.

One would have thought that torture was the result of blunders or unintentional excesses committed on the spur of the moment.

If they believe that this has unintended consequences, they should approach the Committee for guidance.

The unusual monetary policy activism of the last few years risks causing collateral damage and producing unintended consequences.

These illicit activities are not intended, but they increase the income of peasants, transporters, builders, and businessmen.

Invading Iraq was not. It was Bush's unintended gift to bin Laden.

Palin s nomination, however, could have an unintended consequence on the gender views of social conservatives.

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As in ancient Greek tragedies, misconceptions and a sheer lack of understanding have had unintended but fateful consequences.

Limiting or even banning speculation in futures markets might therefore be costly and have unintended consequences.

How odd of Mao s heirs, however accidentally, to resurrect this forsaken Catholic ideology.

This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

This lack of contextual clarity has led to excessively conservative interpretations of the regulations and thus to the creation of unintended barriers to financial inclusion.

The formal rejection of the Iran EU nuclear agreement in February 2005 was an unintended gift to Iran s hardliners, led by Ahmadinejad.

Thus, the attempt to protect workers with rigid labor laws may have the unintended consequence of generating too few protected jobs.

Obvious, unconventional measures, if not carefully monitored, might have the unintended consequence of creating an abnormally benign financial environment for markets, commercial banks, and sovereigns.

Translating CO2 into an illogical and inefficient measure of forest cover seems intended mainly to ensure that an alarming message results.

The most common among them are the indirect (and often unintended) consequences of the bailouts that governments mounted as a consequence of the crisis.

And they have repeatedly cautioned that the longer they remain in their current position, the greater the risk that their good work will be associated with mounting collateral damage and unintended consequences.

The Spaceguard Foundation is a non governmental, international organization with a membership of space professionals. It has three principal goals

Increased production of agricultural crops for non food purposes offers the opportunity to utilize land that would have otherwise been an unexploited resource.

Sami had some issues with stealing his roommates' things.

Some are used as military drones.

The Presidency will not be counted for the purpose of regional distribution

Dual use systems are generally more available than military systems, but may be difficult to transport and are not geared to fulfil the specific purposes of Al Qaida.

During the same period, the Security Council continued its recent practice of imposing targeted sanctions measures that help to minimize unintended economic problems for States.

The Java class libraries serve three purposes within the Java platform.

In this regard any attempt to use the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) technical co operation program as a tool for political purposes in violation of the IAEA's Statute, is unacceptable.

It was decided to exploit the forthcoming world championship for patriotic purposes.

Earl Babbie identifies three purposes of social science research.

One of the purposes of laws and regulations is to safeguard the public interest.

Purposes of the Declaration advancing human rights and the principles of the Charter of the united nations

As economies become intertwined, decisions taken in one part of the world reverberate in other parts, often producing unintended consequences.