Re: Nanotechnology Report Creates Urgency for Preparation


In article <12nulnk8kni9k1e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, mtreder@xxxxxxxxx
says...


Conclusions
published in this report should create a new level of urgency in
preparing for molecular manufacturing.

Has the urgency actually been created?

Is it a statement of "expert" opinion, in that you expect that one day
there will be some urgency as a result of the report?

Or is this more of a deontic statement expressing a moral desire on your
part that urgency be created?

Ir's really not clear from the writing-- the splashy hyperbolic headline
supports the first interpretation, but the body of the text support
either (perhaps both) of the latter interpretations. Either way, I'm
confused, becuase I don't think all three can be logically expressed at
the same time.

--
John S. Novak, III
The Humblest Man On The Net

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