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Home > News > The 'scientific citizen' and nanotech: chasing an unrealistic ideal?

November 16th, 2005

The 'scientific citizen' and nanotech: chasing an unrealistic ideal?

Abstract:
Dietram Scheufele: History, Nietzsche said, has a tendency to repeat itself. And he was right. The debate about public understanding and public acceptance of nanotechnology is just another example. Academics in the natural and social sciences struggle to figure out how to get the public more involved in scientific decision-making and how to make them more informed about nanotechnology. And often they tend to forget the lessons we learned from similar issues in the past, such as the debates surrounding genetically modified organisms and stem cell research.

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