The Motif of Harmful Sensation is a common fictional trope, but of real-life examples there are pretty much 0. (Excepting e.g. a subject with given mental susceptibilities such as depression or OCD.)
Who was it who brought up the Motif of Harmful Sensation, which is not limited to Roko’s basilisk? Who was it who brought up in order to define away examples of depression or OCD? Thou, David, thou.
Gwern, this thread is about the Basilisk. Conflating that with epilepsy is knowing equivocation. Don’t be dense, thanks.
No denser than thou, David:
Who was it who brought up the Motif of Harmful Sensation, which is not limited to Roko’s basilisk? Who was it who brought up in order to define away examples of depression or OCD? Thou, David, thou.
The fictional trope is of one you wouldn’t expect to be harmful. That’s the literary point of it, and of the Basilisk: the surprise factor.
And surely the animators who made that Pokemon episode expected it to be harmful and they made those kids seize because they’re simply evil.
No denser than thou, David.