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catigulayesterday at 6:25 PM3 repliesview on HN

No, you don't. What stops people is actually access to knowledge. There are killers of varying levels of efficacy; making killing easier means more people die. It's 1-1.


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mrguyoramayesterday at 9:07 PM

How many people have shot up electrical substations, a fairly trivial way to causing widespread harm that was popularized in the news just a few years ago.

But it's only happened a couple times. Because most people just can't be assed to harm a hundred thousand others.

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essephyesterday at 7:00 PM

> What stops people is actually access to knowledge.

Very untrue.

I'm a combat vet. I spent years fighting an insurgency and therefore pretty good at that very task. I have the knowledge, so what stops me?

wizzwizz4yesterday at 6:32 PM

A bold assertion. How many deaths can you attribute to this xkcd comic?

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