James,
You confirmed what I was guessing.
You are thinking that I am trying to counter their claim because either I do not see it in the virtue or it clashes with my religious beliefs, but neither is true.
As far as any invention or knowledge is concerned, it always remains in the state of a third person. Means, it is neither good or bad in itself but depends on its use.
Atomic energy can light millions of houses but kill those Millon’s too in the same breath. A killer can take a life with a knife bit the same knife can save a life too in the hands of a surgeon. The same is with this nano thing too. It can be very useful or very dangerous too but that is not the issue of here.
The only issue pertinent here is the pheasibility of true manmade and controlled nano machine. That is all.
Secondly, whether it is pheasible or not, does not have any bearing on my beliefs/ideology either. What I want may be different from the ground reality in this case, which happens many times, though I do not have much issue with this nano thingy. I am not sure how you concluded that.I do not see any extraordinary bad implications of this nano exploration.
The biggest concern for me is our education system; how we handle our teachers and children, which again do not have any relation with my religious beliefs.
James, I am looking at this nano motor purely from scientific/philosophical perspective, not ethical. I do not not see its happening just because that scale itself forbids that.
I am not sure whether you understood my perspective or not. Let me try it rephrase it.
There are some compounds of silver which reacts with the light. If we put them in the sunlight, the reactions would start happening. In other words, the energy of photons will be used for chemical reactions. Right.
And, we know that this event will be played out at nano level or even beyond that. There is no other way of happening that either. Now, we put all this into vacuum and absolute zero temperature under the controlled light and use ETM and see it happening at nano level. But, would it be justified to claim that we have created and controlled things at nano level?
That is precisely my objection. The precision is more in
observation or measurement, not in the making per se.
With love,
Sanjay