Arriving at home to the unanticipated sight of a
wet lab would leave me with mixed emotions. First, knowing my roommate it would
probably be for some outrageous research involving the most dangerous of ideas
but we will leave that aside. Second (with the intelligence and safety of the
person aside), I would be immediately intrigued and completely open to help.
The ideas laid out in "Biopunk" make absolute sense in my eyes… the
more minds the merrier.
I can only hope that such an idea will spread to many other aspects of
life and the world we live in. When you have a small number of specialized
minds working on a subject they seem to get skewed a bit (ironic I know). I
believe that the specialized nature in which one may work slightly hinders the
view of the topic as a whole. Also, when a small (specialized) number of people
are the only ones to see and understand a subject it causes inevitable bias.
Their own benefit is the first in mind and can direct their thoughts in ways
that are less beneficial to people as a whole. We can't blame a person for it
nor can we say we would act different in the same situation, but if you allow
and encourage a greater (eclectic) number of people to look at the same topic
you lower the possibility of bias.
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