<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # If somebody persuades you to refuse a treatment... > If somebody persuades you to refuse a treatment that would probably save your life, and you die proving your loyalty to their worldview, they did not liberate you. They successfully converted an idea into a casualty. **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 ``` “If somebody persuades you to refuse a treatment that would probably save your life, and you die proving your loyalty to their worldview, they did not liberate you. They successfully converted an idea into a casualty.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-somebody-persuades-refuse-converted-idea-casualty ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->