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Nanotechnology: Lessig, Sherman and Drexler Speak
An anonymous reader writes "Reporting from The Foresight Institute's "Vision Weekend", Glenn Reynolds (aka Instapundit) discusses the future of nanotechnology and the politics behind it. Also featuring a video interview of Lessig, Sherman and nanotech pioneer Eric Drexler."
"Anybody who doesn't believe in evolution, can't believe in dogs -- if humans could breed so many different types of dog from a wolf in a few thousand years, it's obviously possible that far larger changes can take over billions of years."
But therein lies the primary problem I have with evolution being the beginning of everything; you're equating a human-engineered process (breeding dogs) with a completely random process of true evolution of a species from basic elements of the universe. Keep in mind, no where in my original post did I say evolution was a non-occurring process. I simply said where's the answer to the question: "Who/What caused this process (the process of life) to begin?" The point being that NO ONE can prove/disprove that question, ultimately, and that ultimately we all pick a side of the fence to be on in regards to whether it was pure random chance that generated that beginning to life, or whether it was engineered by an all-powerful God.
I always find it funny when I post these types of ideas on Slashdot and the atheists, evolutionists, and Christian/Jew-haters freak all the way out and go on a rampage. Dude, believe what you want, but don't treat me like a moron because I believe differently. My approach to other scientific endeavours like computers, genetic engineering, physics, etc. are probably every bit the same as yours apart from our beliefs on these tough questions.