- 7 weeks ago, I precommitted that censoring a post or comment on LessWrong would cause a 0.0001% increase in existential risk.
- Earlier today, Yudkowsky censored a post on less wrong
- 20 minutes later, existential risks increased 0.0001% (to the best of my estimation).
Please abandon this project, for your safety and comfort, that of people you might tell, and that of others who your "benefactor" might be disposed to tell if you succeed in weakening someone's resolve to keep it safely secret.
Since several posters reported that they were not affected by the basilisk, I am thinking my mental safety and comfort might not be affected. (I'm assuming you're referring to the possibility of anxiety, etc? I do suffer from anxiety, but I've had to learn to deal with fairly horrific things, so I am not easily disturbed any more.) I certainly won't tell anyone, even if I had someone to tell, and if someone has resolved to keep it secret I doubt they will tell me in the first place.
I'm not too worried about finding out, though; if no one wants to say, I w... (read more)