Comments on: Making nanotechnology safer through insurance http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2300 examining transformative technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Eric Tulloch http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2300#comment-30213 Eric Tulloch Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:58:23 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2300#comment-30213 Although it isn't really applicable, I can just picture an insurance company commercial... "With our new NanoInsurance, we can cover even your smallest assets...and for even more comprehensive protection, upgrade to Angstrom-level coverage today!" And more frivolity... "Nanotechnology is based on matter that is so small that it exists in the atomic and molecular realm…" Oddly enough, this statement is true. At the same time, *everything* "is based on matter that is so small it exists in the atomic and molecular realm..." "Nanometers exist in the realm of quantum physics…" Also true, if phrased a bit backward...might be more accurate to say, "The rules of quantum physics begin to take effect at the nanoscale and smaller." (I'm not a physicist, so I can't vouch for the accuracy of that statement...) Although it isn’t really applicable, I can just picture an insurance company commercial… “With our new NanoInsurance, we can cover even your smallest assets…and for even more comprehensive protection, upgrade to Angstrom-level coverage today!”

And more frivolity…

“Nanotechnology is based on matter that is so small that it exists in the atomic and molecular realm…”

Oddly enough, this statement is true. At the same time, *everything* “is based on matter that is so small it exists in the atomic and molecular realm…”

“Nanometers exist in the realm of quantum physics…”

Also true, if phrased a bit backward…might be more accurate to say, “The rules of quantum physics begin to take effect at the nanoscale and smaller.” (I’m not a physicist, so I can’t vouch for the accuracy of that statement…)

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