Re: Recipe for Destruction - Joy/Kurzweil NYTimes Op-Ed

From: Joel Peter William Pitt (joel.pitt@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Oct 17 2005 - 20:16:23 MDT


On 10/18/05, Russell Wallace <russell.wallace@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So do you advocate that scientists keep doing this sort of thing until
> > > governments decide scientists have proven themselves untrustworthy and start
> > > legislating bans?
> > >
> >
> > Untrustworthy in what way?
> >
>
> Can't be trusted to refrain from doing things like publishing the genomes
> of deadly diseases!
>

They had approval from the US National Science Advisory Board for
Biosecurity (NSABB).
http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051003/full/437794a.html

Joel



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