Re: Nuke Weapon Mishaps--was Re: Bill Joy on the CBS evening news

From: Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Date: Sat Jan 06 2001 - 04:00:25 MST


"Michael S. Lorrey" wrote:

> > We are not competent to control nanotechnology.
>
> a) the fact we have a proven history will demand that care be taken.
> b) which particular nanotechnology are you talking about? We already use
> nanotechnology today of one kind or another.
>
> What you fail to show with your many examples of one case where
> catastrophe resulted from nuclear accidents. Chernobyl is the best
> candidate, and that was more an accident that proved the incompetency of
> communism, not nuclear technology.

Mike, no need to leap into the proof with such gay abandon.

There are people out there which I wouldn't trust with walking my dog,
if I had one. Out of the population of mostly safe and sane ones there's
a couple duds, at the wrong time in the wrong place.



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