Re: Nanotech

From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Wed Dec 20 2000 - 07:09:53 MST


"Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" <sentience@pobox.com> writes:

> Nicq MacDonald wrote:
> >
> > I was wondering what course of study would be suitable for someone
> > interested in entering the field of Nanotech R&D as a career. For some time
> > now, I've been thinking of leaving my studies of Philosophy and Psychology
> > (neither of which seem to be getting me anywhere), and going into the
> > sciences- I'd love to get in on the coming revolution while there's still
> > time.
>
> Oh, great. A bloody chaos mage in nanotechnology. Sure. That's *all* we
> need.
>
> On the lighter side, I'd suggest buying a copy of _Nanosystems_.

You mean _Liber N_?

As an aside, have you noted how often we refer to it as some kind of
bible? We better get more fundamental nanotech volumes out beside
_Liber N_ and _Liber NM_, or we will start to look like some hermetic
order revering the sacred scriptures :-)

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