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Who in the world is an expert on existential risk? It's kind of hard to have empirically tested knowledge about that sort of thing.
by staunton 3y ago
Who in the world is an expert on existential risk? It's kind of hard to have empirically tested knowledge about that sort of thing.
- RandomLensman 3y agoPretty sure there are people looking into nuclear deterrence, bioterrorism defense, planetary defense etc. (We didn't have a nuclear war or some bioweapon killing everyone, for example, despite warnings). There are people studying how previous societies got into existential risk situations, too. We also have a huge amount of socio-economic modelling going into climate change, for example. So I'd say there should be quite a few around.