Comment on OpenWorm and differential technological development

Wed, 21 May 2014 17:27:43 GMT

Before one country invades another or cuts or supplies $1B in funding for some project, it would be nice to know whether doing so would be good or bad.

Even leaving the definitions of "good" and "bad" aside, can you know for a sufficiently long time horizon?

Five-year consequences we can get a reasonable forecast for. Hundred-year consequences, I submit no one has the slightest clue about.

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