Re: Ethics and a Brave New World

From: Nate Schmolze (vygotsky@home.com)
Date: Mon Feb 26 2001 - 18:31:39 PST


Funny, when I first read the title I though they meant the computer mouse.
Always willing to try a new technology you know.

My favorite line was,

"It is not the objective to go make mice with human brains," Weissman said.
"(But) it is in the domain of the ethicists, not the experimenters, to
figure out what our limits are."

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul H.Dillon" <illonph@pacbell.net>
To: <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: Ethics and a Brave New World

> Nate,
>
> These developments certainly do give new meaning to Shakespeare's comment
> about the "best laid plans of mice and men", making it harder than ever to
> know the difference.
>
> Paul H. Dillon
>
>



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