<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Doomers frequently confuse the discovery that a... > Doomers frequently confuse the discovery that a technology has risks with the discovery that civilization can decline to possess it. Nuclear physics had risks. Aviation had risks. Biotechnology has risks. The Internet has risks. Risk is the beginning of engineering, not necessarily the obituary of progress. **Source:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]], [[research/AI-Tech Doomers Publication/preimages/2026-09-17-article-route/articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Doomers frequently confuse the discovery that a technology has risks with the discovery that civilization can decline to possess it. Nuclear physics had risks. Aviation had risks. Biotechnology has risks. The Internet has risks. Risk is the beginning of engineering, not necessarily the obituary of progress.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-doomers-frequently-confuse-necessarily-obituary-progress ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->