Now obviously “too good to be true” isn’t strictly a good argument, but it can be a useful first-order rule of thumb, can’t it?
By using it you are recognizing (a) that people who are trying to sell you something fishy usually make it sound like a panacea; (b) that if you really like the idea you should be all the more wary of it.
“It’s too good to be true” seems a more common reaction for AI and nano.
Now obviously “too good to be true” isn’t strictly a good argument, but it can be a useful first-order rule of thumb, can’t it?
By using it you are recognizing (a) that people who are trying to sell you something fishy usually make it sound like a panacea; (b) that if you really like the idea you should be all the more wary of it.
Not to drexlerian nanotechnology—“you and your people have scared our children”