tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554620.post109466576183563295..comments2023-10-18T03:56:28.984-04:00Comments on Howard Lovy's NanoBot: NanoKabbalah JihadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554620.post-1094685483329367912004-09-08T19:18:00.000-04:002004-09-08T19:18:00.000-04:00I believe the estimate is that the biotech industr...I believe the estimate is that the biotech industry was set back five years due to public rejection of genetically modified organisms.<br /><br />While scare tactics and pseudoscience by the environmental movement was partly to blame, so too was the "top-down" attitude taken by a scientific establishment that was much too self-important to bother with public attitudes and perceptions.<br /><br />No, public attitudes cannot forever halt technology and delay its benefits, but it sure can delay it for half a decade or hundreds of years. That's why you should care about how nanotech is being perceived.<br /><br />I can think of no publication in the traditional media that's attempting to address the issue, so here's where blogs like mine and Cientifica's really should step in. I did not launch this NanoBot experiment to inflict traditional journalism on my readers. I can do that. It's what I do for a living. You will rarely see it here.<br /><br />HowardHoward Lovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04901713018468508005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554620.post-1094677640839126582004-09-08T17:07:00.000-04:002004-09-08T17:07:00.000-04:00Why does nanotechnology need to be "presented" to ...Why does nanotechnology need to be "presented" to or "accepted" by the public at all?<br /><br />No one went out and "presented" computer technology or worked towards the "public acceptance" of the internet. They just happened.<br /><br />Generally speaking, the market handles the question of whether or not a technology succeeds or fails, not some pack of idiots who barely understand that the earth is round. Who cares what they think? The question is, will people buy the products, and there is pretty much no doubt they will. They'll want things like immortality and cheap energy, and even if most people don't buy, the ones that do will leave the rest behind in the dust, so who cares about them?<br /><br />And if your answer is "they could ban nanotechnology", no, they can't. They just think they can. No technology ban has ever worked in human history, and they've been tried over and over again.<br /><br />This seems like an instance of confusing the actual work here (building MNT) with fake work, like bad journalism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com