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"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." Are there any instances in history where scientists stopped to think and halted something before it even began?

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"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." Are there any instances in history where scientists stopped to think and halted something before it even began?	940
Has a similar case of protest voting that actually succeeded (like in brexit) happened in history before?	1