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27 May 2009
Ethical Debates Regarding New Developments in Nanotechnology Often too Speculative and Imaginative - AzoNano, Australia
Ethical debates regarding new developments in nanotechnology are often too speculative and imaginative. There is also a tendency to play along with the grand visions of the proponents of new technology rather than ask critical questions. We need to question the veracity of the promises made and shift the focus to developments that are already underway - that is the case made by the philosophers Professor Arie Rip of University of Twente and Professor Alfred Nordmann of TU Darmstadt in their comments in the May edition of Nature Nanotechnology.
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