Comment by somenameforme

Again I think David Hahn is a perfect example of this. A "neutron source" is anything that emits neutrons, which includes natural radioactive decay. All he really achieved was extracting lots of radioactive material (legally) from all sorts of random household goods which have it. The problem is that the guy was exceptionally uninformed, which a chatbot could have actually helped him with, and was handling all the material in a way that likely shaved decades off of his own life.

For some contrast Cody's Lab had a great episode on his radioactive materials collection here. [1] He actually ended up getting a visit from the Feds after posting that and multiple other videos of a similar theme. They came, made sure everything was safe, helped him with a couple of things that weren't, and then went on their merry way.

The entire point of having a Free country is Freedom. When countries like China ban basically everything, it's not because their government is just full of malicious tyrants. They actually think they're creating a safer place for everybody. And they may even be right. But Freedom has its own value. It's unquantifiable, but take things to extreme and its preciousness becomes evident. A world of 24/7 surveillance, living in literal bubbles, and so on would be a near utopia on many quantifiable metrics - 0 crime, 0 communicable disease, and so on. Yet of course in reality it would be a complete and utter dystopia, because of that unquantifiable concept of Freedom.

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsCpiJkDchM