It’s easy to never have to change your mind about anything if you insist on unreasonable enough standard of evidence. It’s, like, one of the oldest tricks in the book. Luckily, it’s not like there’s any need to try to change your mind in particular.

Would you like me to design the pathogen for you?

> Unless you can detail exactly how this happens its still complete science fiction.

You're saying that if one were to describe this scenario in more detail, it'd be less of science fiction? That's a bit against the grain - usually it's the more detailed arguments that get dismissed as science fiction, while the less detailed ones get dismissed as abstract theorizing.

Why are you so insistent that people should post detailed plans for destroying the human race on public fora?

I don't think it is necessary for the argument to work. Magnus Carlsen can be confident he will beat me at chess without giving a detailed explanation of every move he will make, in advance.

Yeah sure let's do nothing then -- until it's too late. After all it's just all of humanity at stake