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Ethics in Scientific Research

Posted by michael on from the grey-goo dept.

call -151 writes: "There is an interesting NYT article `When Science Inadvertently Aids an Enemy' discussing how some of the "encryption should be free for everyone" attitudes are changing with the WTC attacks. The article makes some interesting points and it is good to see discussions like these in more of the mainstream, even if the tone has definitely changed recently." Well, the questions are being asked again, but most of the researchers dealing with these issues have already answered the questions for themselves.

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  1. Re:Don't make things that can be used for evil by Rogerborg · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    • Wait a sec. Name ONE human invention that can't [be used for evil]

    Marshmallow.

    It couldn't possibly hurt us.

    Unless....

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  2. Re:Don't make things that can be used for evil by Greyfox · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Marshmallow makes a great incendary device. Next!

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  3. Re:Love Big Brother? by Rogerborg · · Score: 1, Offtopic
      • someday it might even be used to make tiny robots that would lodge in people's brains and make them truly love Big Brother.
      Well, they'd have to. That show fucking sucked.

    I wonder if that means that beer already contains microscopic black helicopers, because beer (and inbreeding) are the only explanations for it's popularity right now, and I'd hate to think that I could get that drunk.

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  4. Re:Don't make things that can be used for evil by trongey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Human conception was found to be ultimately fatal in 100% of the cases studied.

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  5. Re:Don't make things that can be used for evil by Xner · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    unless .... you mix then with nitroglicerine to make plastique explosives, I remember seeing the recipe once in a 1980's BBS textfile.

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  6. Re:Don't make things that can be used for evil by WNight · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I have heard that this is the favorite brand of pedophiles. Children have been brainwashed for years that these cookies contain more chocolate. This makes them more vulnerable to snack-food related bribery when these cookies are used.

    Clearly, for the children, we need to ban cookies. And chief among cookies is Chips Ahoy(tm), the devil's brand.

    Try again.

    (As a side note, a virgin Jerry Falwell was coerced into performing sexual acts with his mother, in an outhouse, by Chips-Ahoy related temptation. It's true, I read it in Hustler.)

  7. Bin Laden is a monster, not a politician by ColGraff · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Politicians argue with each other, lie, and occasionally start wars. Bin Laden butchers thousands of innocent, unarmed people within hours. There is no comparison, and to compare Bush to Bin Laden in any context is just shameful.

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