Re:Deliberately optimizing for harm
by logifail on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @04:23PM
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> This is how you wind up spending many, many $ remediating a building
Oh yes, and this isn't a new phenomenon, for instance:
"When Cambridge's physicists moved out of the famous Cavendish laboratories
in the mid-1970s, they unintentionally left behind a dangerous legacy: a
building thoroughly contaminated with mercury. Concern about rising levels
of mercury vapour in the air in recent months led university officials to
take urine samples from 43 of the social scientists who now have offices
in the old Cavendish. The results, announced last week, show that some people
have exposure levels comparable to people who work with mercury in industry."[0]
Oh yes, and this isn't a new phenomenon, for instance:
"When Cambridge's physicists moved out of the famous Cavendish laboratories in the mid-1970s, they unintentionally left behind a dangerous legacy: a building thoroughly contaminated with mercury. Concern about rising levels of mercury vapour in the air in recent months led university officials to take urine samples from 43 of the social scientists who now have offices in the old Cavendish. The results, announced last week, show that some people have exposure levels comparable to people who work with mercury in industry."[0]
[0] The mercury the physicists left behind https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12817450-800-the-merc...