buybuydandavis comments on [LINK] Scientists create mammalian H5N1 - Less Wrong

12 Post author: Oligopsony 26 November 2011 08:00PM

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 27 November 2011 06:13:47AM 10 points [-]

The concern is that the knowledge of how to produce such a virus, if published, could be used for bioterrorism.

My concern is that publishing that it was successfully done significantly narrows the search space for people looking to commit bioterrorism, even if they don't publish how it is done.

Comment author: XFrequentist 27 November 2011 06:51:14PM 2 points [-]

That's an excellent point!