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From our December issue, Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey digs deep into the archives to present both the hits and the misses of reason's science and technology coverage from the past 40 years.
New at Reason: Ron Bailey on 40 Years of Science and Technology in reason
Comments to "New at Reason: Ron Bailey on 40 Years of Science and Technology in reason":
Ed | November 27, 2008, 12:41pm | #
This train cannot be stopped this train cannot be stopped this train...Future's lookin bright, got my polarized X and Gamma ray shades on!
| November 27, 2008, 5:27pm | #
What ever became of Lanny Friedlander? Did he disappear into a black hole after founding Reason?Naga Sadow | November 27, 2008, 6:32pm | #
Blank space above asks a good question. A better question would have been "Where in hell is my flying car?".Mad Max | November 27, 2008, 9:40pm | #
Some wonderful inventions which have improved and lengthened human life - we can expect even faster and more astonishing developments in scientific discovery so long as we maintain the legal, cultural and moral framework which sustains scientific progress.On the subject of transhumanism - the benefits of full-blown transhumanism (at least to the extend advocated by its enthusiasts) have yet to be proven. There is the possibility of abuse if we design human beings, not just to have longer and healthier lives, but to serve some pre-planned role in the social order, like Aldous Huxley's Alphas, Betas, etc. Then there is the possibility of breeding docile human beings for servile labor, or aggressive and powerful human beings for military combat.
Or do we assume the scientific and political community is just too darn moral to fiddle around with humanity in such a way?
Just to be on the safe side, why not put all transhumanist research under the broad leadership of a single bioengineering corporation. That corporation can provide a broad canopy under which all the separate research projects can shelter. An umbrella, if you will.
johnl | November 28, 2008, 12:30am | #
There was a long time when Durk Person and Sandy Shaw had a monthly column here. I see the are over at Liberty now. I used to subscribe to both. It looks like Liberty still has the blue and black layout. Wow.Episiarch | November 28, 2008, 8:41am | #
That corporation can provide a broad canopy under which all the separate research projects can shelter. An umbrella, if you will.Max, if this is a Resident Evil joke, color me impressed. If not, you suck.