Ask HN: Inverse Roko's Basilisk

3 months ago 2

I'd think the most relevant academic language would come from clinical psychology, since it boils down to a fear of hypothetical and somewhat-unreasonable vengeance.

No technology needed: It's the same as a prophesized king, believing his own divinity, who orders his knights chop-up everyone who didn't actively try to help his parents marry and fulfill the prophecy.

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