Re: The Nanotech Rapture


Tim Tyler <seemysig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Rupturing The Nanotech Rapture - By Richard A.L. Jones

- http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6271

Sceptical article - mostly misguided, IMHO.

Michael Anissimov responds:

"Is there a Nanotech Rapture to be Ruptured?"

- http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/anissimov20080613/

Interesting articles - thanks for mentioning them. Unfortunately they do
seem to perpetuate the idea that advanced MNT is tied to transhumanism.
Transhumanism needs MNT more than MNT needs transhumanists!

While I think that Dr. Jones engages in a few strawman arguments, I do
agree with him that the difficulty of creating MNT is constantly and
grossly underestimated.

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