The hope is that people who become aware of the basilisk will increase their priors for the existence of real information hazards, and will in the future be less likely to read anything marked as such. It’s all a clever memetic inoculation program!
It’s certainly an inoculation for information hazards. Or at least against believing information hazard warnings.
It’s certainly an inoculation for information hazards. Or at least against believing information hazard warnings.