[Hplusroadmap] Ethics section

[Bryan Bishop]

On Sunday 10 February 2008, Chris Norwood wrote:
> Wow, I am impressed at what you all have been getting done. I think
> it important to also have an ethics section or links to bio-ethics as
> it is regular practice now and people are more scared of garage-style
> experiments going awry than larger-scale ones since procedures and
> controls are very light.

I have given many hours of thought to the problem of ethics. Suppose 
that a trouble-maker shows up on the scene and wants to do something 
harmful. Having written a document on ethics on a site somewhere will 
not do much help, it never does. Instead, I think what we need is a 
task force that will be able to respond to the growing pains of people 
who might be looking to cause some damage ... i.e., be their friend and 
make sure they are OK and keep them talking and so on. That's the only 
way that we can prevent any significant damage. A responsive community 
of sorts. A few documents on ethics on the site isn't going to detour 
troublemakers, but it could help, given the right presentation, on 
which subject I am open to suggestions.

"Thou shalt not deply a superbacterium to destroy the human race." ??

- Bryan
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Bryan Bishop
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