tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277984098153355193.post8161133314360226604..comments2023-10-26T10:01:59.428-05:00Comments on Bioethics: Final Report Installment #1Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277984098153355193.post-52071542846966623382017-04-24T22:25:54.787-05:002017-04-24T22:25:54.787-05:00Unfortunately, Jeff's experiences at the clini...Unfortunately, Jeff's experiences at the clinic, where researchers try to "'sell' their ideas to people who can fund their research" is not purely fictional. Scientific research relies on (highly competitive) grants, so, for better or for worse, scientists must be able to market their work, and they face an underlying anxiety that their work will lose funding. On the one hand, the need to acquire funding forces scientists to focus on beneficial, useful research. On the other, the pressures of academia can also greatly stifle their creativity, preventing innovation and discovery.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08339023038617968556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277984098153355193.post-19937604261471854032017-04-19T15:16:49.087-05:002017-04-19T15:16:49.087-05:00Very good, looking forward to your next installmen...Very good, looking forward to your next installment. <br /><br />I wonder if the "gray goo" problem we used to hear about in connection with nanotechnology (from people like Bill Joy in his essay "Why the Future Does Not Need Us"*) is still something we should be concerned to avoid at all costs? <br /><br />By the way, if you want to embed your slideshow it's easy with a slideshare account.<br /><br />* http://www.cc.gatech.edu/computing/nano/documents/Joy%20-%20Why%20the%20Future%20Doesn%27t%20Need%20Us.pdfPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.com