system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
If scientists uncovered something that would demoralize the entire population, should they refrain from publicly disclosing it?

And by demoralize I mean to the point of possibly driving people to suicide.
gpt
If you could turn this question into a more specific example(preferably if it’s something you already had in mind), we could run the thought experiment together,   
or perhaps even be able to give more relevant sources.   

Are we talking about an asteroid coming that will certainly eliminate all life on earth?   
A disease epidemic?   
Impending zombie apocalypse?   
Some sort of undeniable verification that life truly has no purpose or meaning?   
Trump wins a second term? (Hey, perhaps an argument can be made that such a thing shouldn’t be broadcast)