If a philosophical framework causes you to accept a basilisk, I view that as grounds for rejecting the framework, not for accepting the basilisk.
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To state it yet another way: to me, the basilisk has the same status as an ontological argument for God. Even if I can’t find the flaw in the argument, I’m confident in rejecting it anyway.
Despite the other things I’ve said here, that is my attitude as well. But I recognise that when I take that attitude, I am not solving the problem, only ignoring it. It may be perfectly sensible to ignore a problem, even a serious one (comparative advantage etc.). But dissolving a paradox is not achieved by clinging to one of the conflicting thoughts and ignoring the others. (Bullet-swallowing seems to consist of seizing onto the most novel one.) Eliminating the paradox requires showing where and how the thoughts went wrong.
I agree that resolving paradoxes is an important intellectual exercise, and that I wouldn’t be satisfied with simply ignoring an ontological argument (I’d want to find the flaw). But the best way to find such flaws is to discuss the ideas with others. At no point should one assign such a high probability to ideas like Roko’s basilisk being actually sound that one refuses to discuss them with others.
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Despite the other things I’ve said here, that is my attitude as well. But I recognise that when I take that attitude, I am not solving the problem, only ignoring it. It may be perfectly sensible to ignore a problem, even a serious one (comparative advantage etc.). But dissolving a paradox is not achieved by clinging to one of the conflicting thoughts and ignoring the others. (Bullet-swallowing seems to consist of seizing onto the most novel one.) Eliminating the paradox requires showing where and how the thoughts went wrong.
I agree that resolving paradoxes is an important intellectual exercise, and that I wouldn’t be satisfied with simply ignoring an ontological argument (I’d want to find the flaw). But the best way to find such flaws is to discuss the ideas with others. At no point should one assign such a high probability to ideas like Roko’s basilisk being actually sound that one refuses to discuss them with others.