“Cf also Ord’s discussion in The Precipice of how asteroid deflection technology likely increases the risk of asteroids hitting us.”
I’m sorry, but I have to ask. What on Earth could this argument possibly be? I was thinking anthropic or some nonsense, but I can’t see anything there either.
Btw, I really like how you capture this topic. Especially “milestone contraction”. But… please don’t bonk me, but some of the others seem a little nit-picky? I may just not be so deep into these questions that the precision becomes necessary for me.
I’m sorry, but I have to ask. What on Earth could this argument possibly be? I was thinking anthropic or some nonsense, but I can’t see anything there either.
Btw, I really like how you capture this topic. Especially “milestone contraction”. But… please don’t bonk me, but some of the others seem a little nit-picky? I may just not be so deep into these questions that the precision becomes necessary for me.
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/KigFfo4TN7jZTcqNH/the-future-fund-s-project-ideas-competition?commentId=cxhbcef6shCqsD9Cj
I think the main argument is that it’s dual use, it would enable malevolent actors to cause asteroids to hit Earth (or accidents)
This is very interesting and surprising, thank you.
Yup.