This is the reason why separating intended effects (the direct genetic trait consequence itself) from unintended effects (linked to biotechnology, e.g., insertional mutagenesis), such as spiking the control diet with the purified toxin in the Toxotest approach, is clearly inadequate.
The pluralist holds that the notion of logical consequence itself may be made more precise in more than one way, just as the original idea of a "good argument" bifurcates into deductive and inductive validity (see Beall and Restall 2000 for a defence of pluralism).
It fears that an escalating nuclear threat on the peninsula could upset the region's delicate security balance, with dangerous consequences for itself.
China's opposition is based on the potentially destabilising consequences for itself, and the international monetary system, of pushing the US dollar down and flooding the markets with newly printed money.
At its heart was the idea that minor events could have very major unexpected consequences – in itself a little rebellion against traditional mathematicians' strict faith in the infallibility of their equations.
America, with its reluctance to back the ICC, is not the only culprit: China has blocked effective sanctions, fearing the consequences for itself if precedents are set for tough UN action against human-rights abuses.
Yet, with all that said, the world can still be mightily relieved that its richest and most powerful nation is prepared, despite adverse consequences to itself, to take a lead.
But then the law of unintended consequences manifests itself in two ways.
In consequence, farming itself has become increasingly specialized and businesslike.
In consequence, silence itself is now often suppressed.
