From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 22:49:54 MDT
On Thursday, May 2, 2002, at 05:08 pm, CurtAdams@aol.com wrote:
> My take is that the people interested in working in those fields do
> so if the opportunities are there. Genetics, computers, etc., are
> coming
> along nicely. The danger that advances could be banned causes
> more hazard than mild alterations in the arrival time for nifty
> technology X.
Sadly, it is because the public doesn't trust scientists, or more
specifically, big corporations to use technology for good instead of
evil. If only the scientists could be seen as the good guys with the
knowledge and ability to control science safely, they would be allowed
some latitude to do so.
Every corrupt corporation, falsified scientific report, and fraudulent
research paper just hurts science worse than critics do. Critics don't
have much ground to blame real science for bad things. However, bad
science gives them the foundation they need to attack all science.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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