DIY-bio practitioners possess expertise and knowledge that can potentially be exploited for nefarious activities. We raise this issue to ensure that DIY-bio participants are aware of this possibility and can be cautious to guard against misuse by others seeking to exploit the DIY-bio community. Please contact the OGTR (phone 1800 181 030) or the National Security Hotline (phone 1800 123 400 or email: hotline@nationalsecurity.gov.au) if you are concerned about suspicious behaviour.
Back in my grandfather's day, Chemistry sets were all the rage. My grandfather and alot of his friends went on to be chemical engineers and fighter pilots, and his chemistry sets were a lot more fun than the ones we have now that just make baking soda volcanos. They could have done a lot worse, but they didn't.
Just because you CAN do evil with something doesn't mean you will. Every single day billions of people make their way throughout their lives without murdering their fellow man with the kitchen knife. Granted, people still do "evil" things all over the world, every day, but one doesn't need to have "expertise and knowledge" to exploit things for nefarious activities. You could exploit a rock or a stick for nefarious activities, but you don't see people being arrested in the national forests for picking up twigs.
You will NEVER EVER EVER be able to control everyone 100% of the time, and you can NEVER make everyone safe.
There is a great quote about trying to control safety and peoples exposure to risk, but I can't seem to find it. Basically it says something along the lines of, in the long run exposing people to risk is no more dangerous than all the effort put in to trying to control it.
So yeah...instead of spending millions trying to control an imaginary threat, give me a couple thousand so I can put the finishing touches on my lab and try to cure cancer and save the world.
For every 1 person trying to destroy the world I like to think there are 1000 trying to save it.
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 1:01 AM, Bryan Bishop <kanzure@gmail.com> wrote:
DIY-bio practitioners possess expertise and knowledge that can potentially be exploited for nefarious activities. We raise this issue to ensure that DIY-bio participants are aware of this possibility and can be cautious to guard against misuse by others seeking to exploit the DIY-bio community. Please contact the OGTR (phone 1800 181 030) or the National Security Hotline (phone 1800 123 400 or email: hotline@nationalsecurity.gov.au) if you are concerned about suspicious behaviour.
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