From: John Marlow (johnmarrek@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Jan 06 2001 - 03:33:53 MST
Yah; same thing; different way of saying it.
john marlow
-- J. R. Molloy wrote: > I quite agree that nuclear weapons are an easier problem than biological > or nanotech weapons. The orginal poster said that if "the consequences of > failure" of nuclear weapons were the same as nanotech, we would all be > dead. Not so, it is the nature of the technology, not the possible > consequences, that determine the ease of control. I believe we are in > violent agreement. > > steve By "the consequences of failure" one means to say that control has failed. Consequently, since we've failed to control nuclear weapons (Hiroshima, Nagasaki), identical levels of failure in regard to nanotech or biotech warfare would kill us all, since these latter technologies have such killing power. Stay hungry, --J. R. 3M TA3 ===================== Useless hypotheses: consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/
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