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Even though it has nothing to do with … well, anything controversial, moral, or religious … only 30% of adult Americans surveyed thought nanotechnology is “morally acceptible.”<\/a> <\/p>\n

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Nanotechnology is a branch of science and engineering devoted to the design and production of materials, structures, devices and circuits at the smallest achievable scale, typically in the realm of individual atoms and molecules. The ability to engineer matter at that scale has the potential to produce a vast array of new technologies that could influence everything from computers to medicine. Already, dozens of products containing nanoscale materials or devices are on the market.<\/p>\n

In a sample of 1,015 adult Americans, only 29.5 percent of respondents agreed that nanotechnology was morally acceptable.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Please note that this is akin to questioning whether metallurgy is morally acceptable.<\/p>\n

Note that the general looniness is not solely <\/em>American. We’re just worse. Only 54% of Brits thought nanotechnology is morally acceptable, with 63% in Germany and 72% in France agreeing.<\/p>\n

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The moral qualms people of faith express about nanotechnology is not a question of ignorance of the technology, says Scheufele, explaining that survey respondents are well-informed about nanotechnology and its potential benefits.<\/p>\n

“They still oppose it,” he says. “They are rejecting it based on religious beliefs. The issue isn’t about informing these people. They are informed.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The head researcher thinks it has to do with a general melange of science and technology that religious types — more common in the US than in Europe — are dubious about. <\/p>\n

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The catch for Americans with strong religious convictions, Scheufele believes, is that nanotechnology, biotechnology and stem cell research are lumped together as means to enhance human qualities. In short, researchers are viewed as “playing God” when they create materials that do not occur in nature, especially where nanotechnology and biotechnology intertwine, says Scheufele.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That interpretation isn’t universally accepted<\/a> (“He specifically chooses to forget about the science-skeptical nature of postmodernists, feminists, environmentalists and countless other non-religious factions. Only about 60 percent of Brits are happy with nanotech, for example, and they’re about as religious as cement.”)  Still, whatever the reason, Americans damned well better get over it, or we’re going to be on a short road to the Third World.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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