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I've held the theory that if anybody found something like fast prime factoring or a P = NP proof, they'd get assassinated pretty quickly. It'd be in basically e
by hardwaregeek 6y ago
I've held the theory that if anybody found something like fast prime factoring or a P = NP proof, they'd get assassinated pretty quickly. It'd be in basically every government's interest to get the knowledge, then make sure nobody else has it.
- zaik 6y agoSomebody has been watching a lot of television.
- j0ej0ej0e 6y agoI don't think it's too far a leap to suggest that knowledge like that could get you killed. Lets ask some Iranian nuclear scientists to see what they think...
- morty_s 6y agoI’ve had similar thoughts, but walked them back to “oh, they’d probably keep it to themselves or drop it in the NSA’s amnesty box.”
- rrobukef 6y agoThe first thing I'd do is moving Satoshi's coins with a very suspect transaction.
- rasz 6y agoTravelling Salesman (2012) movie is about exactly this.
- setpatchaddress 6y agoThe Trump presidency forever cured me of the last vestiges of the idea that government would be capable of recognizing the importance of something like this and authorizing something like an assassination as a remedy. Which is mostly a good thing, to be clear.
- zelon88 6y agoThe American government isn't the only one you have to worry about.