Yeah, I agree there’s a bunch of bio researchers who are fine talking openly about scary stuff you could do with bio and sometimes fiction authors represent that. I think the effect this should have on those that care about infohazards is to be willing to discuss them in order to get work done to prevent them or aid us in the case that they happen. It’s hard to justify preparing for something if you’re totally unwilling to acknowledge the things you want to prepare for or prevent.
Yeah, I agree there’s a bunch of bio researchers who are fine talking openly about scary stuff you could do with bio and sometimes fiction authors represent that. I think the effect this should have on those that care about infohazards is to be willing to discuss them in order to get work done to prevent them or aid us in the case that they happen. It’s hard to justify preparing for something if you’re totally unwilling to acknowledge the things you want to prepare for or prevent.