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Biorisk skepticism

TagLast edit: 28 Feb 2024 13:43 UTC by Vasco Grilo

Biorisk skepticism is skepticism about arguments that biological agents pose a catastrophic or existential risk.

Further reading

David Thorstad’s series on exaggerating biorisk.

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Vasco Grilo31 Dec 2023 8:45 UTC
57 points
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