Would it be less disturbing still if I told you that I don't fantasize about brutalizing people - full stop? Would people here be congratulating me and asking how I did it if I said I used to have such fantasies, but had managed to hack my utility function so that I no longer find such fantasies attractive? If I did that hacking, would I not only seem less dangerous - would I not also be less dangerous?

I feel a bit like Alice in Wonderland here.

Alice: What is that horrible ALL CAPS noise in this well-tended garden? If I downvote it, will there be less of it?

Humpty Dumpty: Oh, I hope you are not going to downvote that! It is the mating call of Homo lesswrongis. Think of it as the sound of people striving to become happy.

Alice: But the question is: Can you make a garden mean so many different things to so many different people?

Humpty Dumpty: The question is: who is to be the master? NEXT!