This time, it's nanotechnology, which it seems is "morally unacceptable" to the majority of Americans, according to a University of Wisconsin study, reported in the Wall Street Journal.
In the study, just 29.5% of the 1,000 or so interviewed found nanotech research morally acceptable.
My guess is that 70% of the country don't know what nanotechnology is, due to the abysmal state of science education here. It's clear that there's an obvious anti-science, anti-reason movement in the US right now so anything equated with the "evil science" has to be against religion.
Interestingly, Europeans don't appear to have that problem, not surprisingly.
I swear, if we don't get our act together as a nation, we're going to be left behind in the race for the future.
Friday, February 22, 2008
We're behind again. Big Surprise.
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This shocked me.
I would have thought that only an infinitesimally small proportion of people would object to nanotech research...
I am sure you are right and they have no idea what it is. It's probably most depressing that people will object to something purely on the grounds that it's "science"
I think you said it best, Heather.
Wow. I'm just as shocked. Clearly they can't know what is meant by the term. Or are we surrounded by neo-Luddites?
Once again, I scratch my head and wonder why I haven't moved to Canada.
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