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At 01:19 PM 9/7/2006, pjmanney wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">What would theoretically destroy
nanobots? I guess the more specific question would be: what
disassembles diamondoid nanostructures at an atomic level and reverts
them back to harmless carbon atoms? Or simply screws with them
enough to render them neutral/inactive/harmless? To give you some
possibly important detail, these are medicinal bots and would be used
internally in the brain. They would need to pass the blood/brain
barrier after ingestion. And there are a whole lot of them. I
don't want to say anymore in a public posting, since all my postings seem
to be accessible on Google lately! [What's that about???] If
you have any questions that I can answer with more specifics, that will
lead to a better overall answer, please email me
privately.</blockquote><br>
I discussed this with Robert Freitas who said that you might direct them
to the Lifeboat Foundation NanoShield proposal
(<a href="http://lifeboat.com/ex/nanoshield" eudora="autourl">
http://lifeboat.com/ex/nanoshield</a>), which discusses a number of
disabling methodologies for rampaging nanorobots (in the
"emergency" section), that might possibly be relevant.<br><br>
But maybe the bigger question is how do we encourage creative and
artistic pursuits within and around transhumanism to work toward
possibilities for our future and to help society move away from doomsday
scenarios.<br><br>
Best wishes,<br>
Natasha<x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep>
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<dd><font size=2><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Natasha
</a><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Vita-More</a>
<dd>Cultural Strategist.Designer-Media Artist.Futurist
<dd>Proactionary Principle Core Group,
<a href="http://www.extropy.org/">Extropy
</a><a href="http://www.extropy.org/">Institute</a>
<dd>Member, <a href="http://www.profuturists.com/">Association of
Professional Futurists</a>
<dd>Founder, <a href="http://www.transhumanist.biz/">Transhumanist Arts
& Culture</a> <br><br>
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<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><i>If you draw a circle in the
sand and study only what's inside the circle, then that is a
closed-system perspective. If you study what is inside the circle and
everything outside the circle, then that is an open system perspective. -
</i>Buckminster Fuller<br>
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