Anybody Listen to Science Friday?

“All this talk of dinosaurs, ozone & greenhouse gases reminds me... The guy who invented the birth control pill was on NPR today. Anybody hear it? Here's a paraphrase:

--Scientists cannot be held responsible for the abuse of thier discoveries. Their job is only to discover. Politics and social pressure should decide what's right.

hmmm...”

“"Vonce zee rockets go up
Who knows vere zey come down?
Zat's not my department!"
says Werner von Braun


Whatcha wanna bet Edward Teller says the same thing?”

“biz, didn't hear the program, but if it was who I think it was, I met him a year ago at a conference on science writing. That paraphrase pretty much sums up the majority opinion of a panel discussion on science and ethics that included three Nobel winners (chemistry & physics) and one National Science Medal winner, though one who survived the Holocaust was the most troubled and equivocal.”

“Dr. Watson (codiscoverer of DNA) gave a speech published in 1998 advocating the mandatory euthanasia of 'disabled, retarded, and other deficients' so we do not pollute human DNA.”

“Watson said that?! He must have had a Crick in his neck. ta dum.”

“Ouch!”

“wow, cool pekka. I mean, cool you got to hear that.”

“The sad thing is, some of the most intelligent people I have ever met (or ever will meet) are scientists.

The most intelligent guy I have ever met wants to solve the problem of AI (aritificial intelligence). I asked him, 'how will this help humanity?' He said, 'it probaby won't.'

sad, very sad

he could be working on any problem”