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I've noticed a lot of people arguing the rare hypothetical scenario lately, and somehow arriving at the conclusion that if an unlikely bad thing is possible, then we shouldn't embrace the new thing. Another argument is that since things haven't worked out in the past, they won't work in the future.
Here are some equivalent arguments:
Sometimes toasters burn people and cause fires - Ban toasters
Sometimes people wreck their cars on icy roads - Ban driving on icy roads
Some people don't use cruise control - remove the option for all people
Solar energy has historically has not been economically viable - solar energy will never be economically viable
The thing is, successful things have always failed... until they succeeded.
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