What are the best examples of significant harm caused by "infohazards"? (don't say Roko)
I tend to internally roll my eyes when I hear this concern, often from EA-land, and I'd like to inoculate myself against that if appropriate.
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The knowledge that nuclear bombs were possible and achievable without a literal ton of uranium *kinda* qualifies.
Ctrl+f "Heisenberg"
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Yes, actually, this really did meaningfully accelerate events. That's a good example.
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Yes, this is such an interesting instance. I've often wondered whether tensions with USSR alone would be enough to trigger MP if the critical mass numbers were corrected post-WW2. But the cold war would have been totally different (and probably not so threatening) in that path…
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Does civilian nuclear power get substantially delayed in that counterfactual?
Research in bio and clinical medicine uses were already being worked on since 30's, but what about reactors?
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