Referring to this fresh news article:
physorg . com / news117198290 . html
"The nano-Bible was developed by the Haifa-based institute as part of an educational programme aimed at increasing interest in nanoscience among teenagers."
Pardon my irritation... but here are two things to consider:
1) Great new technology - why put a Bible on it? This strikes me as equally as useful as the following:
Build a fMRI, and when the patient lies in it, you unplug the machine, tap a hole in their head with an unsterile drill bit and let blood (trepanation).
2) This will increase interest among teenagers???
QUOTE (blubbber+Dec 18 2007, 05:14 PM)
2) This will increase interest among teenagers???
That's a very good point. I just can't see any teenagers becoming more interested in nanotechnology because of religion. If anything, it will turn some away. I'm certainly not attracted by it. A better idea would be to put a picture of a celebrity, or something that would appeal more to the younger generation, onto the chip.
- Gehn
>1) Great new technology - why put a Bible on it?
Why not?
If they would only read it they may learn some morality.
They are not being taught it anywhere else.
There's a lot to be said for the "Thou Shalt Not " section.
Why not?
If they would only read it they may learn some morality.
They are not being taught it anywhere else.
There's a lot to be said for the "Thou Shalt Not " section.
Just look at where the institute is based! 
I wonder if this post was done by Ben The Man... I have good reasons to assume so. 
QUOTE (NeoNo.1+Dec 23 2007, 12:43 AM)
I wonder if this post was done by Ben The Man... I have good reasons to assume so.
I'm a new forum member. Assume whatever you want, but i've never gone by the name Ben.
I'm a new forum member. Assume whatever you want, but i've never gone by the name Ben.
QUOTE (blubbber+Dec 23 2007, 10:23 AM)
I'm a new forum member. Assume whatever you want, but i've never gone by the name Ben.
Don't worry. In his old age, Neo has contracted mild paranoid schizophrenia (I don't if you really can develop that by aging or if you can only be born with it, but I think we have some proof for the former here ).
- Gehn
Don't worry. In his old age, Neo has contracted mild paranoid schizophrenia (I don't if you really can develop that by aging or if you can only be born with it, but I think we have some proof for the former here
).- Gehn
I don't think this has anything to do with the content of the book. I think it's just the fact everybody knows the bible is a decent sized book with lots of writing.
Similar to the fact if they said they put the entire dictionary on a pinhead.
It's just the symbol of a large book.
Similar to the fact if they said they put the entire dictionary on a pinhead.
It's just the symbol of a large book.
QUOTE (paul h+Dec 18 2007, 11:01 PM)
>1) Great new technology - why put a Bible on it?
Why not?
If they would only read it they may learn some morality.
They are not being taught it anywhere else.
There's a lot to be said for the "Thou Shalt Not " section.
"Thou Shalt Not" take an interest in the Bible on a nanochip? You have a very good point about how interesting that is when you say that morality might be taught here. Do you actually believe that immoral people are more likely to use this technology than others? Is their intelligence in question here, then?
Why not?
If they would only read it they may learn some morality.
They are not being taught it anywhere else.
There's a lot to be said for the "Thou Shalt Not " section.
"Thou Shalt Not" take an interest in the Bible on a nanochip? You have a very good point about how interesting that is when you say that morality might be taught here. Do you actually believe that immoral people are more likely to use this technology than others? Is their intelligence in question here, then?
hey... im a teenager and I see your point. Why would I care about a bible on a microscopic chip? I already get enough of it in church
P.S. just because im a teen dont reduce your vocab. I know more about nonatechnology and almost every kind of tech there is than my AP tech teacher
P.S. just because im a teen dont reduce your vocab. I know more about nonatechnology and almost every kind of tech there is than my AP tech teacher
I think printing the Bible on a chip is really cool. 
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