Eh, according to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roko's_basilisk https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roko's_basilisk, the admin gave credence to the stupidity by in

Eh, according to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roko's_basilisk https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roko's_basilisk, the admin gave credence to the stupidity by initially calling Roll’s basilisk “a genuinely dangerous thought". Later they all backtracked and pretended they had never agreed with any of it.