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Don't Stymie Nanotech

Posted by Hemos on from the let-science-be-free dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "A new paper released by the Pacific Research Institute says that nanotechnology holds benefits for society if not blocked by misguided regulation or outright bans. Already, some prominent individuals (like Bill Joy) have questioned the rationale of continuing nanotech research - PRI's paper explains that nanotech has more benefits than drawbacks, and that bans and heavy regulation are not in society's best interests"

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  1. Joy is going mental by snatchitup · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Many old people I meet get paranoid of newer technology. The reason is twofold.

    1. Dimensia, like Alzeimers is setting in. Causes paranoia

    2. Because of 1, they are unable to keep up the pace with technology and have no idea what it can do. For instance, there is no artificial intelligence out there. We haven't even build the intelligence of a cricket into a computer yet.

    It sad to see these people losing their minds this way. In the past, the brain used to outlive the body. Now it's the other way around. You've got perfectly healthy people all over the place talking some weird paranoid s$%&t.

    Give me a break over this "nanology". You have no idea how far away this is from reality.