What would you do if you discovered a weapon more dangerous than the nuclear bomb?

[quietism]

It's been a few months since I've logged in on the site. Umm. I suppose it just didn't cross my mind, but it's not like I've had much good to preoccupy myself with otherwise.

I have a bit of a thought experiment I'd appreciate some feedback on. If you were to discover a weapon more dangerous than the nuclear bomb, what would you do?

Without going into detail, I'll just say this thought experiment is very relevant to me at the moment. I've asked a few people I know personally, the answers mostly falling into three categories:
- Can you study countermeasures / prevent it by publicising it? (Not really)
- Can you profit from it financially? (Probably, but I would never do that)
- Can you just pretend you never discovered anything? (Yes, but..)

I'm a bit of a misanthropist. I don't think it would bother me so much to see the world descend into chaos. But, there's also a lot of decision paralysis and ambivalence. There are plenty of things I want in life, all things I don't believe I will ever be granted, the most right now being in person friendship/relationships which I haven't had in a very long time. On the status quo doing everything in my power I don't really expect that to happen despite the low bar I set. And I do generally think of life as gambling. I really don't like the idea of gambling for anomalous change to bring me happiness, but it still makes me wonder. I wish there was an anonymous hotline for this kind of thing, I think sasu is just about the closest you can get for this kind of question.

 

[Lost in a Dream]

I guess it depends on what the weapon is and what makes it more dangerous. Is it just a bigger bomb with a much bigger blast radius? Or is it possibly some kind of chemical weapon that spreads in the wind or something? If it's a bomb I definitely wouldn't want to use it or sell it, but I don't know what I would do with it honestly.

If it was a chemical weapon of some sort, I might look into ways I could potentially use it on myself without harming others, but I doubt I would even use it for that. It's an interesting thought experiment though.