This is an excellent post. I went into this with a very cursory understanding of biocomputing, and by the end of it, am convinced as strongly as I’m intended to be of what you seek to make happen. I understand clearly and agree that we’re at a very opportune time to enact a ban on most biocomputing, that a ban is very reasonable, and that it is quite possible.
In a world where animal agriculture was some novel and experimental concept in our modern society, it seems likely that the public, knowing what it would entail, would easily be on board with a ban before it became mainstream.
The consideration you give to concerns of framing risk and the uncertainty of moral value at this current stage shows that you’ve thought this stuff through very deeply and very professionally, and does well to quell the little uncertainty I had going in. The two arguments that convinced me most are those on setting an extensive precedent and the success of early action on other scientific issues.
Very nice work! I wish you great success in this endeavor you are already working hard for, and thank you on behalf of the conscious agents this effort may well save. 🧠
This is an excellent post. I went into this with a very cursory understanding of biocomputing, and by the end of it, am convinced as strongly as I’m intended to be of what you seek to make happen. I understand clearly and agree that we’re at a very opportune time to enact a ban on most biocomputing, that a ban is very reasonable, and that it is quite possible.
In a world where animal agriculture was some novel and experimental concept in our modern society, it seems likely that the public, knowing what it would entail, would easily be on board with a ban before it became mainstream.
The consideration you give to concerns of framing risk and the uncertainty of moral value at this current stage shows that you’ve thought this stuff through very deeply and very professionally, and does well to quell the little uncertainty I had going in. The two arguments that convinced me most are those on setting an extensive precedent and the success of early action on other scientific issues.
Very nice work! I wish you great success in this endeavor you are already working hard for, and thank you on behalf of the conscious agents this effort may well save. 🧠