army1987 comments on Existential risks open thread - Less Wrong

10 Post author: John_Maxwell_IV 31 March 2013 12:52AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 31 March 2013 11:44:16AM 3 points [-]

OK, how about really easy stuff, like systematically emailing researchers involved with synthetic biology and trying to convince them to reconsider their choice of field?

That might convince a few ones on the margin, but I doubt it would convince the bulk of them -- especially the most dangerous ones, I guess.