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POPSThe Atomic Age Enters a New Dawn Current nuclear technology is still suffering from problems of safety and waste management. The forced economic investment in nuclear power at present, is diverging present and future resources from finding cleaner and safer solutions.
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POPSThe End of Aging - Still a Controvertial Vision Leon Kass and his friends are contemporary incarnations of an Orwellian nightmare. Besides "War is Peace", I hear also "Death is Life". Of course there are no known social good coming from the conquest of death, we never lived in a social system that conquered death. How could we possibly know? But Kass and his friends, seem to have some privileged knowledge we do not possess, and they already decided for us as individuals and as a society. Well, in time, I believe, they will have the choice to walk their talk. All I want is a chance to walk mine.
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POPS2016 Major Predictions Almost forgot: Prediction: 100 petaflop computer by the end of 2016, which will allow a huge further acceleration of all information dependent technologies (virtually all technologies as of today)
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POPSGenetically modified human embryo stirs criticism It is definitely unacceptable to try it when it is unsafe. It is definitely worth trying when it will be safe. It will be safe eventually, our job meanwhile is to create an adequate ethical framework that will allow the harnessing of this future technology to the benefit of all humans and other beings.
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POPSThe 100$ Genome Five years away, thats impressive. It means individualy tailored medicine within 10-15 years.
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POPSRead My Mind Important advancement in neuroscience towards improving the life of the seriously handicapped
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