Friday, December 16, 2005

Korean Stem cell research was faked

It appears now that the much touted Korean Stem cell research was faked. Thus, the supposed advances to follow will not be forthcoming either. A sad day for science and a major blow to those (including myself) who thought this was profound evidence of the accelerating state of biotechnology. This lends credence to John Smart's contention that predictions for biotech are overstated. It also blows a major hole in Ray Kurzweil's bridge to a bridge theories. Without the bridge of biotechnology, folks like Kurzweil won't live long enough to see the advances in nanomedicine that might greatly extend lifespan. Nanomedicine has been predicted by all futurists to be much further down the road than the predicted advances in biotech. Yet at the same time, there is more acceptance of the likely successes in this area than there is for biotech. However if premier futurists were wrong about biotech.... Oh well. Back to the drawing board.

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