nanotechnology & society
Arik Ambrose
Psychology class. I have been involved in alot of research over the years
on nanotechnology, but I would like to refine my knowledge in the area of
nanotechnology and the psychological effects on society.
1jm...@optonline.net
Its not the technoligy but the way that those who own it will apply it
and how devious they will be in finding applications for any new
technoligy to be used mostly starting with government then medical
then social engineering
to wit nanotech to be used as a perpetual repair tool to keep a
soldier in battle soon enough will be used to disable or kill the
"enemy"
Someone then will find a way to solve a problem for those who are
allergic to say penut butter, some other genius then will want to
distribute nanotech that will make drug and alchol use impossible
to save those who are addicted. Then the social engineers will want
to distribute to the entire population as a "christian imperitive" or
or other relgious mandate for the social good
Somewhere down line there will be someone who will develop nanos that
will simulate the senses and eventually have a product that will work
80% of the time to give pleasure to those who are over eaters or
bulimic or slefabusers cutters or socipaths and cause them to modify
their behavior or reduce it and another scientist (grad student) will
then use the tech to get perpetually high and sell it on the black
market and we will be back to prohibiting nano tech as the new
narcotoic
now so far I'm only discussing medical
What if the tech is designed to extract precious metals from ore
how long would it be before that is converted to a weapon of
distruction say to disassemble x grade of steel or aluminum specifcly
rockwell 40 or 37 what ever heavy duty welds or macine bolts are
constructed from
the problem is not the technoligy but the fact that there are at
present no way to train ethical scientist to choose how not to go to
far in the development of any new technoligy
Here is a good example
Problem is Oil spills
Solution nano tech that desolves oil residue and cleans up the spills
forseable problems is the nano tech AI ? How long does it survive?
How would you limit the life span? where's the off switch? When is the
job done or might you have some accountant who cuts costs by not
funding that needed componentry and we end up with nanotech that rides
on a construction workers boot and replicates itself on any major
roadway where the food source is now infinet
Like I said a few sentences back the problem is and will be ethical
rahter than technical moral rather than legal
Malcolm McMahon
>another scientist (grad student) will
>then use the tech to get perpetually high and sell it on the black
>market and we will be back to prohibiting nano tech as the new
>narcotoic
>
Actually I'm fairly optermistic that the lesson of prohibition is
finally starting to sink in, at least in Europe. It only remains for
politicians to find a way of getting out without admitting what a
monumental cock-up it's all been.
>Here is a good example
>Problem is Oil spills
>Solution nano tech that desolves oil residue and cleans up the spills
>forseable problems is the nano tech AI ? How long does it survive?
>How would you limit the life span?
In cases of release into the environment or into the human body it
doesn't make sense to use active replicators. You use replicators to
produce manufacturing capacity which then makes mules, simpler
nanosystems incapable of reproduction.