They are certainly not *culpable* but I would argue that they can and should attempt to take responsibility as much as possible, by anticipating and guarding against maladaptive mutations of their work.https://twitter.com/primalpoly/status/1076176339592372224 …
How exactly do you 'guard against' idiotic or insane people citing your work? Apart from not publishing any work?
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Is the inventor of the knife responsible for every murder by the sword?
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The inventor of the knife is mostly responsible for people having to chew their food a lot less, so there's more time to do other stuff.
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The only thing you can do is be as truthful as possible in your work. Be as truthful as possible, don't look for what you want to find, don't lie by omission. If you do those things, IMO your "ethical liability" stops there.
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I’d agree that’s a fine bar for ethical liability. My thinking here is more aspirational than obligatory. Obviously one cannot account for all cases, but if you think “someone might interpret this wrong,” it’s good to call out early.
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If Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, and Nietzsche couldn't figure out how to do it . . . And Socrates and Jesus didn't publish anything.
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