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[Mike79]

Robert Freitas discusses the future of nanomedicine

But at the same time, I'm very confused with the "Culture War" topic here http://www.imminst.o...showtopic=26983 and the one I posted in the croyincs section "Steve Edwards trashing Ralph Merkle" http://www.imminst.o...showtopic=26959

[Mind]

Sophisticated nanotechnology and nanorobots are still quite speculative and any new science is going to scare people - people almost always react negatively to change. Therefore, you are going to find a wide spectrum of opinions and projections about what is possible and what is to come.

[Mike79]

Thanks for your opinion Mind! I see where you are coming from though, it is just scary lately thinking about everything and "what if" it doesn't happen, especially for cryonics.

[DebraJackson]

I Determine...
Complicated nanotechnology and nanorobots are unmoving quite approximate and any new science is going to scare people - people approximately forever act in response unenthusiastically to modify.
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[Reno]

People will always fear the unknown. The only way around the fear of the negatives is to show realworld application of the good it can do. Show before pictures of the six year old boy cured of cancer. Show the before and after interviews of an old man cured from suffering the indignity of dieing with Alzheimer's. The world is desperately needing answers to the horrible everyday problems of life. If nanotechnology leads to a partial solution to just a few of these problems then it will get the political backing the field needs. Look at stem cell research. It's twice as controversial as nanotechnology, and it's still getting federal funding.

Edited by bobscrachy, 21 May 2009 - 03:57 AM.