Is Some Scientific Research Too Risky To Pursue?

[cronus]

Is Some Scientific Research Too Risky To Pursue? Risky or plain dumb. Like grey goo? or self-governing killer robots?

http://www.sciencechannel.com/video-top ... ey-goo.htm

[JimC]

We may need the killer robots to attack the intelligent grey goo...

[MrFungus420]

Well, it depends on which you think is more risky, knowledge about something that may be dangerous or ignorance about it.

[cronus]

Well, it depends on which you think is more risky, knowledge about something that may be dangerous or ignorance about it.

Give a child a match and he might burn down a house or a shop. Give the same child a atomic bomb and he might earn respect by not using it?

[cronus]

Well, it depends on which you think is more risky, knowledge about something that may be dangerous or ignorance about it.

Give a child a match and he might burn down a house or a shop. Give the same child a atomic bomb and he might earn respect by not using it?

[MrFungus420]

Well, it depends on which you think is more risky, knowledge about something that may be dangerous or ignorance about it.

Give a child a match and he might burn down a house or a shop. Give the same child a atomic bomb and he might earn respect by not using it?

Not even close to what I said.

Which do you think is more risky, a child with a match that has learned what fire is and how it can be dangerous, or a child with a match that is unaware of the potential dangers?

[JimC]

Well, it depends on which you think is more risky, knowledge about something that may be dangerous or ignorance about it.

Give a child a match and he might burn down a house or a shop. Give the same child a atomic bomb and he might earn respect by not using it?

Not even close to what I said.

Which do you think is more risky, a child with a match that has learned what fire is and how it can be dangerous, or a child with a match that is unaware of the potential dangers?

It depends whether the first child has tendencies to pyromania or not...

[cronus]

Well, it depends on which you think is more risky, knowledge about something that may be dangerous or ignorance about it.

Give a child a match and he might burn down a house or a shop. Give the same child a atomic bomb and he might earn respect by not using it?

Not even close to what I said.

Which do you think is more risky, a child with a match that has learned what fire is and how it can be dangerous, or a child with a match that is unaware of the potential dangers?

It depends whether the first child has tendencies to pyromania or not...

In my case I didn't have any warning given when I took the box of my parents matches to school one day, with the one intention of never attending again. I was only five, the start of a life sentence. This much I knew...

[RESiNATE]

It's not the pursuit or discovery of knowledge, but what we do with it once it is gained.

In my opinion, knowledge is always power - but then we have to consider, what is benevolence?

Res...