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Nanotechnology has the potential to evolve itself into a grey goo scenario without

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The general public will have unrestricted access to the knowledge and materials used to manufacture nanotechnology. There will always be individuals using these technology for their own selfish purposes

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To be honest as of now, even with current restrictions in place, we have gained and extracted almost if not all of the advantages from nanotech which dont leave any detrimental impacts, and even if the restrictions were lifted, I doubt anything good will come out of it. Plus, with the current impacts that we have to face due to nanotechnology, its better for humanity as a whole to not lift the restrictions.

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The very reason regulations are important is that

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I support the unbridled advancement of nanotechnology. There has always been nanoparticles in the environment. Natural, unintentionally man-made

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I would like to support technology

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Nanotechnology has currently shown many benefits from the spread of diseases to the advancement of medical treatments which can improve the healthcare sector by miles. While nanotechnology does hold some dangers which could bring threat to mankind, I believe

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Taking risks comes with great rewards.

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I oppose NanoTechnology cos it says Nah! No Technology

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I oppose NanoTechnology cos it says Nah! No Technology

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It would easily allow for anyone to

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Despite the loose regulations on nanotechnology, there has not been a huge crime or a mass 🤬. The people dealing with this sort of technology has been very civil and so i see no need for such restrictions to be imposed

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Restrictions and regulations are required.

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Restrictions and regulations are required.

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It only takes 1 person to create and release large batches of nanotechnology, whether intentional or accidental. The lack of research and understanding of the risks behind such an event will have severe implications against living organsims and the environment that the nanotechnology interacts with. Combined with its likelihood of self replication, the possible consequences are just far too great to ignore and for humanity to recover from. Regulations need to be implimented and enforced to reduce the risk of such a catastrophe.

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As with all previous technologies put up for debate, nanotechnology has changed the face of our economy over the years, with ever-shrinking transistors, aerogel, and carbon nanotubes improving production quantity and efficiency of our industries, especially that of the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics industry. Like the other technologies, there exists as well catastrophic consequences and ethical issues accompanying these technologies. However we must realise that these have accompanied every major advancement over the course of our history. Some examples would be the Manhattan Project and the invention of the cotton gin. Despite innately possessing these risks, these technologies have brought great benefit to us as a whole, and therefore we should embrace it fully in order to unlock its full potential.

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I support lifting all restrictions of nanotechnology. Personally, none of the groups have convinced me on how nanotechnology can really harm the human race. The argument centralisés around nanoparticles. Whether that can be considered nanotech is debatable, and furthermore nanoparticles have been around since the industrial revolution as the government team has pointed out. This is harmful but doesn’t justify the restrictions to its development. I belief that the only reason for restrictions of the development of technology should be something that hasn’t more impact.

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The act of lifting of all restrictions can be akin to opening a pandoras box... sure they can provide countless benefits but at the same time there are great risks that come with this. To ensure we maximize the benefits and minimize the dangers of nanotechnology, we should try to strike the middle ground and IMPOSE SOME EFFECTIVE
RESTRICTIONS

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Even if only a few people or groups get hold of nanotechnology and decide to do evil, all of us could suffer. So we should not lift all restrictions

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No one can predict the future senario of nanotechnology, especially whether it will bring any moral or ethical issues

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Potential of nanotechnology to cause harm

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Potential of nanotechnology to cause harm

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Without any  control on the research done by scientists, any researcher with the resources and malicious intent could easily find a way to use nanotechnology to cause harm to humanity.  Thus, restrictions should be enforced to ensure research into nanotechnology is  in keeping with ethics so that humanity will not be harmed by nanotechnology.

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Specific restrictions should be implemented especially on the negative impacts of nanotechnology that could result in great harm to the society. Nanotechnology is still able to develop with such restrictions implemented so that the potential benefits of nanotechnology will become a reality and the negative impacts will be restricted.

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Nanotechnology has currently shown many benefits from the spread of diseases to the advancement of medical treatments which can improve the healthcare sector by miles. While nanotechnology does hold some dangers which could bring threat to mankind, I believe that the benefits far outweigh the costs. The current possible threats are not really dangerous, like the grey-goo scenario, which has already been debunked to be an exaggeration. Also, nanotechnology will not bring about problems such as unemployment, and in fact will improve our standard of living. Most of the threats can be countered by further improvement and refinement of nanotechnology, hence we should not be afraid of the potential dangers, and should in fact embrace the benefits, which include healthcare, environmental, and manufacturing benefits