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What does this gain them over hypothesizing that it can happen and working accordingly? Researchers always make this kind of claim but it’s bullshit. When we’re
by wang_li 3y ago
What does this gain them over hypothesizing that it can happen and working accordingly? Researchers always make this kind of claim but it’s bullshit. When we’re interested in making earthquake resistant structure we use shake tables, not full on earthquakes. When we want to make more fire resistant buildings we don’t go about making better fires. When we want to understand the harms of child sexual abuse we E: dom't go around raping children.
Everyone involved in this should be permanently barred from entering laboratories or working in the broader field at all. They can go become artesian lumberjacks or subsistence farmers.
- CeiThieyohmahgh 3y ago> When we want to understand the harms of child sexual abuse we do go around raping children. That's one way to go about it, I suppose.
- wang_li 3y agoThank you.
- Bluescreenbuddy 3y agoThat's an incredibly stupid analogy.
- wang_li 3y agoWe don't allow people to make automatic weapons. We don't even allow people to buy automatic weapons manufactured under government license after something like 1980. We don't allow people to build nuclear weapons. You're not allowed to broadcast radio waves willy nilly. Fact is we restrict things people are allowed to do all over the place in many different areas of life for the purpose of public safety. Yet we have researchers doing GOF research creating lethal germs that can spread through the air and kill the majority of people exposed with simply institutional review board at most.