From: Eugen Leitl (eugen@leitl.org)
Date: Wed Sep 18 2002 - 11:31:01 MDT
On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 CurtAdams@aol.com wrote:
> The odd thing to me is that the Iraq thread isn't suitable. Iraq
> is a pretty classic case of the kind of thing we worry about
> vis-a-vis nanotech or advanced biotech. An entity with demonstrated
Any sentence with Iraq and anything advanced in it (well, interrogation
techniques, maybe) is an oxymoron.
> willingness to use such a thing destructively and which has
> worked on it in the past may be developing such thing for future
> use. Said entity is shielding itself with various legal and moral
Iraq? Nanotechnology?? You must be joking. Advanced R&D is a very
sensitive orchid. It will shrivel up and die if one of its many
requirements are violated. About every of them are violated in Iraq, and
most other countries.
> tactics. What do you do? Yet the thread deteriorates into stereotyped
> discussions of "US: good or bad".
It's off-topic for the reason alone that it's being discussed everywhere.
> PS You don't consider recent technological change "fast"?
I'm not Anders, but none of the projected progress is sufficient to save
your and yours' hide. As such, it completely falls short of mark.
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