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Apm: link to internet-archive archived BBC Horizon (1995) Nanotopia.mp4

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link to internet-archive archived BBC Horizon (1995) Nanotopia.mp4

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	==In a nutshell==		== In a nutshell ==

	Sketched ideas about artificial atomically precise technology where first introduced to a wider public in Richard Feynman's famous talk "There is Plenty of Room at the Bottom".		Sketched ideas about artificial atomically precise technology where first introduced to a wider public in Richard Feynman's famous talk "There is Plenty of Room at the Bottom".
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	A collection of other common misconceptions about APM can be found [[misconceptions\|here]].		A collection of other common misconceptions about APM can be found [[misconceptions\|here]].

			== Other ==

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	== Related ==		== Related ==
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	* Foresight Institute news: [http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=6079 A bird's-eye view of half a century of nanotechnology]		* Foresight Institute news: [http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=6079 A bird's-eye view of half a century of nanotechnology]
	* [http://www.metamodern.com/d/04/00/FeynmanToFunding.pdf From Feynman To Funding] from K. Eric Drexler - Foresight Institute		* [http://www.metamodern.com/d/04/00/FeynmanToFunding.pdf From Feynman To Funding] from K. Eric Drexler - Foresight Institute
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			* [https://archive.org/details/BBCHorizonCollection512Episodes/BBC+Horizon+-+s1995e16+-+Nanotopia.mp4 BBC Horizon (1995) Nanotopia.mp4]

	== References ==		== References ==

Apm: /* Related */ The negative effects that public overexcitement can have

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	== Related ==		== Related ==

			* [[The negative effects that public overexcitement can have]]
	* The books "[[Engines of Creation]]" and "[[Radical Abundance]]"		* The books "[[Engines of Creation]]" and "[[Radical Abundance]]"

Apm: added related section wit links to discussion pages about the two relevant books

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added related section wit links to discussion pages about the two relevant books

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	A collection of other common misconceptions about APM can be found [[misconceptions\|here]].		A collection of other common misconceptions about APM can be found [[misconceptions\|here]].

			== Related ==

			* The books "[[Engines of Creation]]" and "[[Radical Abundance]]"

	== External Links ==		== External Links ==

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	==In a nutshell==		==In a nutshell==

Apm: added links to the pages discussing the books

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	The place where atomic precision was already achieved at this time where the well established molecular sciences. People involved in those saw little incentive to switch their work under the banner of "nanotechnology". Also they where heavily focused in the scientific study of organic chemistry and biological systems. Taking the inverse route to engineer molecular systems for non biological applications was not on their schedule.		The place where atomic precision was already achieved at this time where the well established molecular sciences. People involved in those saw little incentive to switch their work under the banner of "nanotechnology". Also they where heavily focused in the scientific study of organic chemistry and biological systems. Taking the inverse route to engineer molecular systems for non biological applications was not on their schedule.

	Small but parallel to the funding growth of "nanotechnology" APM was (under the same term) further advertised in the book "Engines of Creation" <ref>Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology - by K. Eric Drexler</ref> ("Engines of Creation" is superseded by "Radical Abundance" <ref name="RA">Radical Abundance: How a Revolution in Nanotechnology Will Change Civilization - by K. Eric Drexler</ref> by now).		Small but parallel to the funding growth of "nanotechnology" APM was (under the same term) further advertised in the book "[[Engines of Creation]]" <ref>Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology - by K. Eric Drexler</ref> ("Engines of Creation" is superseded by "[[Radical Abundance]]" <ref name="RA">Radical Abundance: How a Revolution in Nanotechnology Will Change Civilization - by K. Eric Drexler</ref> by now).
	To be sensationalistic scifi literature writers picked the most dystopic ideas out of there left the rest behind and packed everything under the "nanotechnology" label.		To be sensationalistic scifi literature writers picked the most dystopic ideas out of there left the rest behind and packed everything under the "nanotechnology" label.
	The mental image of "nanotechnology" that spread in the non scientific but interested US public (a very flawed one) was about swarms of with high potential uncontrollable and [[the grey goo meme\|unstoppable life-like nanobugs]] eating anything and everything until nothing is left.		The mental image of "nanotechnology" that spread in the non scientific but interested US public (a very flawed one) was about swarms of with high potential uncontrollable and [[the grey goo meme\|unstoppable life-like nanobugs]] eating anything and everything until nothing is left.
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	Real [[tooltip chemistry]] for [[technology level III]] has been carefully analyzed: (Paper: [http://www.molecularassembler.com/Papers/MinToolset.pdf A Minimal Toolset for Positional Diamond Mechanosynthesis]) and led to very promising results.		Real [[tooltip chemistry]] for [[technology level III]] has been carefully analyzed: (Paper: [http://www.molecularassembler.com/Papers/MinToolset.pdf A Minimal Toolset for Positional Diamond Mechanosynthesis]) and led to very promising results.

	This whole story was presented in the book "Radical Abundance" <ref name="RA"></ref> (and several other places?). It concludes this episode with that		This whole story was presented in the book "[[Radical Abundance]]" <ref name="RA"></ref> (and several other places?). It concludes this episode with that
	now with the emergence systematic polypeptide design and structural DNA nanotechology the first steps of the "inverse route" in molecular sciences to less biological and more predictable systems are done.		now with the emergence systematic polypeptide design and structural DNA nanotechology the first steps of the "inverse route" in molecular sciences to less biological and more predictable systems are done.
	And that we need some further steps in this bottom up direction until we can tie it together with the available top down tools.		And that we need some further steps in this bottom up direction until we can tie it together with the available top down tools.

Apm at 06:51, 17 June 2017

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	The mental image of "nanotechnology" that spread in the non scientific but interested US public (a very flawed one) was about swarms of with high potential uncontrollable and [[the grey goo meme\|unstoppable life-like nanobugs]] eating anything and everything until nothing is left.		The mental image of "nanotechnology" that spread in the non scientific but interested US public (a very flawed one) was about swarms of with high potential uncontrollable and [[the grey goo meme\|unstoppable life-like nanobugs]] eating anything and everything until nothing is left.

	Some material ~~scienists~~ working under the banner "nanotechnology" began to see themselve associated with this as very dangerous perceived goal when what they actually did was absolutely unrelated. This in combination with fundamental conceptual differences between biological systems and artificial advanced APM systems may be the reason why some highly recognized scientific minds initially put heavy criticism on the ideas of APM negating its feasibility.		Some material scientists working under the banner "nanotechnology" began to see themselve associated with this as very dangerous perceived goal when what they actually did was absolutely unrelated. This in combination with fundamental conceptual differences between biological systems and artificial advanced APM systems may be the reason why some highly recognized scientific minds initially put heavy criticism on the ideas of APM negating its feasibility.
	This criticism led to APM being perceived as more unsound than it is.		This criticism led to APM being perceived as more unsound than it is.
	The main critic points where [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man straw man] attacks discussing the impossibility of an illusionary design no one has proposed.		The main critic points where [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man straw man] attacks discussing the impossibility of an illusionary design no one has proposed.

Apm at 07:37, 28 February 2015

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			[[Category:General]] [[Category:Disquisition]]

Apm at 20:24, 23 May 2014

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	Some material scienists working under the banner "nanotechnology" began to see themselve associated with this as very dangerous perceived goal when what they actually did was absolutely unrelated. This in combination with fundamental conceptual differences between biological systems and artificial advanced APM systems may be the reason why some highly recognized scientific minds initially put heavy criticism on the ideas of APM negating its feasibility.		Some material scienists working under the banner "nanotechnology" began to see themselve associated with this as very dangerous perceived goal when what they actually did was absolutely unrelated. This in combination with fundamental conceptual differences between biological systems and artificial advanced APM systems may be the reason why some highly recognized scientific minds initially put heavy criticism on the ideas of APM negating its feasibility.
	This criticism led to APM being perceived as more unsound than it is.		This criticism led to APM being perceived as more unsound than it is.
	The main critic points where ~~about~~ [[tooltip chemistry]]~~. They have been refuted in a careful analysis about tooltip chemistry~~ for [[technology level III]]: [http://www.molecularassembler.com/Papers/MinToolset.pdf A Minimal Toolset for Positional Diamond Mechanosynthesis] ~~that showed~~ very promising results.		The main critic points where [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man straw man] attacks discussing the impossibility of an illusionary design no one has proposed.
			Real [[tooltip chemistry]] for [[technology level III]] has been carefully analyzed: (Paper: [http://www.molecularassembler.com/Papers/MinToolset.pdf A Minimal Toolset for Positional Diamond Mechanosynthesis]) and led to very promising results.

	This whole story was presented in the book "Radical Abundance" <ref name="RA"></ref>. It concludes this episode with that		This whole story was presented in the book "Radical Abundance" <ref name="RA"></ref> (and several other places?). It concludes this episode with that
	now with the emergence systematic polypeptide design and structural DNA nanotechology the first steps of the "inverse route" in molecular sciences to less biological and more predictable systems are done.		now with the emergence systematic polypeptide design and structural DNA nanotechology the first steps of the "inverse route" in molecular sciences to less biological and more predictable systems are done.
	And that we need some further steps in this bottom up direction until we can tie it together with the available top down tools.		And that we need some further steps in this bottom up direction until we can tie it together with the available top down tools.

Apm at 20:06, 23 May 2014

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	Other parts of the world followed with the funding of "nanotechnology" without ever publicly perceiving the original idea of atomic precision.		Other parts of the world followed with the funding of "nanotechnology" without ever publicly perceiving the original idea of atomic precision.
	The place where atomic precision was already achieved at this time where the well established molecular sciences. People involved in those saw little incentive to switch their work under the banner of "nanotechnology". Also they where heavily focused in the scientific study of organic chemistry and biological systems. Taking the inverse ~~rout~~ to engineer molecular systems for non biological applications was not on their schedule.		The place where atomic precision was already achieved at this time where the well established molecular sciences. People involved in those saw little incentive to switch their work under the banner of "nanotechnology". Also they where heavily focused in the scientific study of organic chemistry and biological systems. Taking the inverse route to engineer molecular systems for non biological applications was not on their schedule.

	Small but parallel to the funding growth of "nanotechnology" APM was (under the same term) further advertised in the book "Engines of Creation" <ref>Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology - by K. Eric Drexler</ref> ("Engines of Creation" is superseded by "Radical Abundance" <ref name="RA">Radical Abundance: How a Revolution in Nanotechnology Will Change Civilization - by K. Eric Drexler</ref> by now).		Small but parallel to the funding growth of "nanotechnology" APM was (under the same term) further advertised in the book "Engines of Creation" <ref>Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology - by K. Eric Drexler</ref> ("Engines of Creation" is superseded by "Radical Abundance" <ref name="RA">Radical Abundance: How a Revolution in Nanotechnology Will Change Civilization - by K. Eric Drexler</ref> by now).