Comments on: Nanotechnology: People hear what they want to hear http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2441 examining transformative technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Jeremy Dombroski http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2441#comment-173612 Jeremy Dombroski Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:17:07 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2441#comment-173612 With only 5% of the respondents claiming to know 'a lot' about Nanotech, the rest of the study results seem to just indicate that people will have an opinion on just about anything. The most useful information I can see here is that people don't know what the heck Nanotech is, and are probably basing their opinions on rumors and movies. With that kind of foundation, opinions can easily be shifted by those with an agenda(either way) through purely emotional appeals. (Especially during an election year...) Seems we need to start K through 12 Nanotech education initiatives really quick before we get left behind. Well... even further behind than we are now... With only 5% of the respondents claiming to know ‘a lot’ about Nanotech, the rest of the study results seem to just indicate that people will have an opinion on just about anything.

The most useful information I can see here is that people don’t know what the heck Nanotech is, and are probably basing their opinions on rumors and movies.

With that kind of foundation, opinions can easily be shifted by those with an agenda(either way) through purely emotional appeals. (Especially during an election year…)

Seems we need to start K through 12 Nanotech education initiatives really quick before we get left behind. Well… even further behind than we are now…

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