Max: Nanotech Declared Witchcraft
Via Science Daily
Is nanotechnology morally acceptable? For a significant percentage of Americans, the answer is no, according to a recent survey of Americans' attitudes about the science of the very small.
I was hoping this stupidity came from a failure to grasp what nanotech really is. But;
The moral qualms people of faith express about nanotechnology is not a question of ignorance of the technology, says Scheufele, explaining that survey respondents are well-informed about nanotechnology and its potential benefits.
Welcome back to the dark ages...
Is nanotechnology morally acceptable? For a significant percentage of Americans, the answer is no, according to a recent survey of Americans' attitudes about the science of the very small.
I was hoping this stupidity came from a failure to grasp what nanotech really is. But;
The moral qualms people of faith express about nanotechnology is not a question of ignorance of the technology, says Scheufele, explaining that survey respondents are well-informed about nanotechnology and its potential benefits.
Welcome back to the dark ages...
posted by Max Dobberstein at 2/20/2008 08:44:00 AM
3 Comments:
Is this really a surprise? These are the same people that are going to force my mother to die of alzheimers rather than let stem cell research advance to a point where it might be able to help spare her and others the indignity of losing their memories, experiences, relationships, and finally, physical control.
It is. I can see why someone (though not all) who is anti-abortion would oppose stem cell research. They are evil retards, but I can see how it fits into their world view.
Nanotech? Not only does it not anything alive, but it might make for an alternative to stem cells. An army of medical nanobots could be injected into the body to repair/upgrade the organs stem cells would have been used to replace.
I think I'd like to see this survey. Surveys have a bad habit of being poorly written. Being that academics wrote this one, it may not be the case. However, a few more surveys by different authors might cast more light on the subject.
Having said that, the right-wing Christian mind set in this country is devoutly anti-science. Look at the woes they oppose: Darwinism, abortion, stem-cell research - all gifts of science.
Nanotech does allow us to play at being gods like no other technology. When married with biology - there is potential to both outdo and undo what God has done. I'm sure that doesn't sit well in the mind of someone who is supposed to "fear" God.
It is the biggest apple on the tree of knowledge. I may not agree with them, but I understand.
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