ricketson comments on A brief history of ethically concerned scientists - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ricketson 09 February 2013 08:26:58PM 2 points [-]

Especially in the modern environment with many thousands of scientists, there won't be much delay caused by a few scientists witholding their results. The greatest risk is that the discovery is made by someone who will keep it secret in order to increase their own power.

There is also a risk that keeping secrets will breed mistrust, even if the secret is kept without evil intent.