Introducing the current computer security norms into biology without adjustment for the different circumstances means we, very likely, all die.
Only because of the issue of a mere catastrophe potentially leading us never to grow back our population. If you discount this effect, we’re not even sure if it’s possible at all for a biological infection to kill us all, and even if it is, I expect it to require way more implementation effort than people think.
I feel like this is either misinformation or very close to it.
Only because of the issue of a mere catastrophe potentially leading us never to grow back our population. If you discount this effect, we’re not even sure if it’s possible at all for a biological infection to kill us all, and even if it is, I expect it to require way more implementation effort than people think.
I feel like this is either misinformation or very close to it.
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/8NPFtzPhkeYZXRoh3/perpetually-declining-population
Here is a now-public example of how a biological infection could kill us all: Biological Risk from the Mirror World.
Flagging that I think this is false, but probably can’t get into why.