“While LA-602_pdf was written by people curiously investigating whether a hydrogen bomb could ignite the atmosphere, the RHIC Review_pdf (about whether the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider might create micro black holes) is a work of public relations.

No one can do serious analysis of existential risks anymore, because just by asking the question, you’re threatening the funding of your whole field. The only way to get a rational assessment of existential risks in our modern environment: the whole project is classified, the paper is written for scientists without translation, and the public won’t get to see the report for another fifty years.