The Dual Use Dilemma refers to uncertainty on how to prevent misuse of scientific breakthroughs.
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The Dual Use Dilemma is a general dilemma in the scientific community that arises whenever a scientific breakthrough happens that can be weaponized by hostile entities in order to be used as a force of evil.
The dual use refers to the technology obtained from the breakthrough being used to fulfill its intended purpose of helping the general population, while it may be used as a weapon as well, thus the dual use dilemma. Scientists think that preventive measures would only lead to impeding the scientific progress of the concept, which leads to an even bigger problem.
It is known as choice shift. The choice shift is responsible
in group decisions where in it affects the choices of an individual in a
certain group. It could be describe above as choices are being shaped by an
individual and could be shape by societal pressure where in the group in which
the individual belongs.
