I think the claim is that a ban would give an advantage to stealth defection because the stealth defector would work faster than people who can’t work at all, while a regulation requiring open sharing of research would make stealth defection a disadvantage because the stealth defector has to work alone and in secret while everyone else collaborates openly.
I think it depends, since you could have a situation where a stealth defector knows something secret and can combine it with other people’s public research, but it would also be hard for someone to get ahead in the first place while working alone/in secret.
I think the claim is that a ban would give an advantage to stealth defection because the stealth defector would work faster than people who can’t work at all, while a regulation requiring open sharing of research would make stealth defection a disadvantage because the stealth defector has to work alone and in secret while everyone else collaborates openly.
I think it depends, since you could have a situation where a stealth defector knows something secret and can combine it with other people’s public research, but it would also be hard for someone to get ahead in the first place while working alone/in secret.