NanoBioEthics

Reason ^ | October 26, 2005 | Ronald Bailey

[neverdem]

OK, we're stupid and need a simple explanantion. But that is retarded

How's this cross woven?

The dashed lines show hydrogen bonds.

[steve-b]

Goldstein also wants researchers to begin a "dialogue" with the public about these impending revolutionary changes.

The one and only proper place for this "dialogue" to occur (given the stipulation that reasonable safety checking has been carried out) is between the creators and owners of the new technologies and their potential customers.

[webstersII]

"Once the first desktop nanofactory has been built, its first product likely will be another identical nanofactory. Then, following the simple math of exponential duplication, it's easy to see that within months millions or even billions of nanofactories conceivably could be in operation. A key understanding of MNT is that it leads not just to improved products, but to a vastly improved and accelerated means of production."

Hmm. Sounds like this stuff could reproduce itself faster than cockroaches. Once the self-replicating factories are created, how do you stop them from re-creating anymore?

[strategofr]

Thank you.