Drexler is not a character as described. He does not go around "thumbing
his nose" at others in the arena. As a matter of fact from some of these
responses, I'd say it's the other way around. Does anyone here know him
personally. He is not a downlooker.
Gina "nanogirl" Miller
>Peter McCluskey wrote:
>
>> He [Drexler] thumbs his nose at traditional ways of financing basic
>scientific research.
>>
>> He predicts that nanotech is important enough to make the research
that
>>the average scientist is engaged in insignificant, so people who don't
>>substantially adopt his viewpoint as a guide for what to research
often
>>see his vision as a threat to their prestige or funding.
>
>
>That makes sense. Too many prima donnas in the scientific
establishment;
>they would rather try unsucsessfully to blaze their own paths to glory
then
>to latch on to another scientist's programme.
>
>This also explains why the Japanese have focused so much more
effectively on
>nanotech then us. Their willingness to line up behind a visionary
leader,
>even a foreign luminary, has paid dividends for them in the past
(remember
>Demming?). I'll put my long term money with Nippon Nano.
>
>
>Chris
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