X-Message-Number: 8164
Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 22:48:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: John K Clark <>
Subject: Biotechnology and Nanotechnology

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In #8155   (Thomas Donaldson) On Tue, 29 Apr 1997 Wrote:
            

        >I've read Drexler's books, and his ideas are certainly interesting,
        
        >but they suffer from one major fault. No one has yet implemented
                >them. 

              
Nobody has yet implemented reversible Cryonics either.
             

        >No one may EVER implement them         


Forever is a long time, have you found a new law of Physics that renders it 
impossible?
                  

        >As for cryonics, cryonics first of all is an AIM, not an         
        >accomplishment, and cannot be judged as if it exists already. 


You lost me, nobody is saying Nanotechnology has been accomplished, we're  
saying we can see no reason in nature that its aim can not be accomplished.
                  


        >When Mr Clark or others actually produce a really, working device
        
        >rather than a theoretical one, that will be the time for us all to
                >decide that we can do it "better". 
                  

On the day that happens things will change so fast that you will not have 
time to decide anything.
                  


        >If Mr. Clark is unwilling to even open any book on biotechnology he
                >limits himself much more than he knows.
                  

I'm curious, specifically how did you come to that conclusion? I've opened 
more than a few books on biotechnology in my life and I certainly have no 
animosity toward it, the fact is, the industry has been very kind to me 
financially, and a large percentage of my net worth is in such stocks.  
Perhaps you do know more than me about biotechnology, but I doubt it.


                                             John K Clark     

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