From: Giu1i0 Pri5c0 (g2002@prisco.info)
Date: Mon Nov 25 2002 - 00:42:44 MST
I agree but it is a double edged sword. After
Crichton's book and movie, translated in nearly all
languages, the possibility of nanotech will penetrate
the minds of many. And this is good. Remember all
those stuffed dinosaurs: they also ate people, but
children were interested.
--- Hal Finney <hal@finney.org> wrote:
> But Crichton will have much more influence in the
> popular culture and in
> setting people's expecations for this technology.
> For many people this
> will be their first exposure to nanotech, that it
> runs out of control
> and eats people and takes over the world or
> something.
=====
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