"Unintended Consequences," Definition: those consequences of something which were not intended.Oldgringo wrote:"unintended consequences"
was a phrase we heard in our wet/dry election last year. We hear that phrase every day by both parties from Washington, TV reporters and we even hear it in the pool hall.
Is there a definition of "unintended consequences"?
FWIW, I'm ambivalent on OC.
The one which comes to mind is the degree to which the overprescription of antibiotics has led to an array of increasingly antibiotic resistant infectious organisms. The intended consequences were the prevention and/or curing of infections. The unintended consequences were the mutations of some of those infections agents into antibiotic resistant organisms.