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Re:Hobbyists beat professional designers in creating novel b... by ballenf on Friday January 29, 2021 @03:01PM (#25961651)
Isn't that a first order effect though?

A second order effect would be researching a life-saving drug for a lifestyle condition. You research means people have less incentive to live healthily and end up dying even sooner from some other diet-related disease. The disease you cured would have scared them "straight" diet-wise.

Re:Hobbyists beat professional designers in creating novel b... by toyg on Friday January 29, 2021 @10:15PM (#25965669)
This is nitpicking. Replace "improving chemical weapons" with "improving gases that will likely only be used in chemical weapons".