This advice is worse than useless. But coming from someone who was instrumental in the “Physicists have figured a way to efficiently eradicate humanity; let’s tell the politicians so they may facilitate!” movement, it’s not surprising.
Protip: the maxim “That which can be destroyed by the truth, should be” does not mean we should publish secrets that have a chance of ending global civilization.
Mandatory for science, generally advisable for anything else.
I tend to think of science as the public common knowledge of mankind. It is obviously not the only kind of knowledge. Also I would say that humans tend to err more often in the direction of needlessly keeping secret important information rather than in the direction sharing it too easily.
Especially since it is easier to fool yourself than others.
--Albert Einstein
Mandatory for science, generally advisable for anything else.
This advice is worse than useless. But coming from someone who was instrumental in the “Physicists have figured a way to efficiently eradicate humanity; let’s tell the politicians so they may facilitate!” movement, it’s not surprising.
Protip: the maxim “That which can be destroyed by the truth, should be” does not mean we should publish secrets that have a chance of ending global civilization.
I tend to think of science as the public common knowledge of mankind. It is obviously not the only kind of knowledge. Also I would say that humans tend to err more often in the direction of needlessly keeping secret important information rather than in the direction sharing it too easily.
Especially since it is easier to fool yourself than others.