If it’s dangerous for information to be merely written (say a link to an extremist website, or staggeringly good source code for sentient AI), it should not be posted here.
If it’s obvious by widely accepted priors that an idea will harm the reader, then it should not be posted.
If the idea might be the above and you just don’t know, it should be discussed in a limited circle of masochists, until they decide how obvious it is. Find the circle using the method below, but with as much precaution as possible.
If the idea’s harmfulness depends on priors which vary across the community, it should be protected.
An adequate test for a protected idea: A series of questions, or even of one-on-one discussions, which test the odds an individual puts on all relevant priors. (Of course, the test should be clever enough to not give away the idea itself!) Anyone who would predictably regret knowing the idea should be told so.
If they still insist, give a second, more clear warning about the predicted effects of the idea on the person, then let them have the key. Or require that the person states why he or she wants to take this risk, and have a moderator decide.
If it’s dangerous for information to be merely written (say a link to an extremist website, or staggeringly good source code for sentient AI), it should not be posted here.
If it’s obvious by widely accepted priors that an idea will harm the reader, then it should not be posted.
If the idea might be the above and you just don’t know, it should be discussed in a limited circle of masochists, until they decide how obvious it is. Find the circle using the method below, but with as much precaution as possible.
If the idea’s harmfulness depends on priors which vary across the community, it should be protected.
An adequate test for a protected idea: A series of questions, or even of one-on-one discussions, which test the odds an individual puts on all relevant priors. (Of course, the test should be clever enough to not give away the idea itself!) Anyone who would predictably regret knowing the idea should be told so.
If they still insist, give a second, more clear warning about the predicted effects of the idea on the person, then let them have the key. Or require that the person states why he or she wants to take this risk, and have a moderator decide.