> more about shortcutting red tape and discarding the guardrails the gov't put in place "for your own good".

Well, this really is for the good of the vast majority of people. The problem is that this also applies to a minority of people, who have the skills to research thing and make educated decisions about things.

It's not a bad general rule, but maybe it should be overridable in certain circumstances, e.g. when you are experimenting on yourself.