I will be happy to engage Drexler at length when I get the chance to do so. I have not, in the last 3 days, >>managed to buy the book and go through the physics in detail. I hope that failure is not enough to condemn me as not acting in good faith.
Absolutely not, and I think this occasioned a useful discussion. But if you have a physics or chemistry >background, I for one would greatly appreciate it if you did so (and the Smalley critique, and perhaps >Locklin below) and posted your take. Also you don’t need to buy the book, you should be able to get a copy >at any large university library.
Okay. I’ll try and do this. I’m mildly qualified; I’m finishing up a Ph.D. in computational materials science. It will take me a little while to make time for it, but it should be fun! Anyone else who is interested in seeing this discussion feel free to encourage me/let me know.
I would love to see a critique that started “On page W of X, Drexler proposes Y, but this won’t work because Z”. Smalley made up a proposal that Drexler didn’t make (“fat fingers”) and critiqued that. If there’s a specific design in Nanosystems that won’t work, that would be very informative.
Okay. I’ll try and do this. I’m mildly qualified; I’m finishing up a Ph.D. in computational materials science. It will take me a little while to make time for it, but it should be fun! Anyone else who is interested in seeing this discussion feel free to encourage me/let me know.
I would love to see a critique that started “On page W of X, Drexler proposes Y, but this won’t work because Z”. Smalley made up a proposal that Drexler didn’t make (“fat fingers”) and critiqued that. If there’s a specific design in Nanosystems that won’t work, that would be very informative.
I would be interested to see this.
I would very much like to see this. Sounds like another discussion-level post would be in order.
Thanks!