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	<title>Comments on: Nobel Prize for Productive Nanosystem Research</title>
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		<title>By: Miguel</title>
		<link>http://metamodern.com/2009/10/07/nobel-prize-for-productive-nanosystem-research/comment-page-1/#comment-1940</link>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[Comment removed. Please note the policy: “criticize the idea, not the person.” BTW, Miguel, please try to find a way to forgive my error in having pasted the wrong name in my response.]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[Comment removed. Please note the policy: “criticize the idea, not the person.” BTW, Miguel, please try to find a way to forgive my error in having pasted the wrong name in my response.]</p>
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		<title>By: Eric Drexler</title>
		<link>http://metamodern.com/2009/10/07/nobel-prize-for-productive-nanosystem-research/comment-page-1/#comment-1938</link>
		<dc:creator>Eric Drexler</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Miguel – Yes, and I had intended to direct my comment to Patrick. Thanks for saying more.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Miguel – Yes, and I had intended to direct my comment to Patrick. Thanks for saying more.</p>
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		<title>By: Miguel</title>
		<link>http://metamodern.com/2009/10/07/nobel-prize-for-productive-nanosystem-research/comment-page-1/#comment-1929</link>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Eric -- Thank you for your contribution. I did understand that the prize was not given for &quot;nanotechnology&quot; in the narrow usage of the term. That&#039;s why I corrected Patrick, but I made a mistake of calling his understanding innacurate, in fact it was accurate in the wrong way, in the sense it showed a very limited view of what nanotechnology is. So it was not a matter of  inaccuracy but of inadequate understanding.

I think nanotechnology could employ a narrow definition, as the one you are using for your answer to my post, and another broader definition that would include molecular biology. But I understand it can cause misunderstandings and confusion to use the broad definition.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Eric &#8212; Thank you for your contribution. I did understand that the prize was not given for &#8220;nanotechnology&#8221; in the narrow usage of the term. That&#8217;s why I corrected Patrick, but I made a mistake of calling his understanding innacurate, in fact it was accurate in the wrong way, in the sense it showed a very limited view of what nanotechnology is. So it was not a matter of  inaccuracy but of inadequate understanding.</p>
<p>I think nanotechnology could employ a narrow definition, as the one you are using for your answer to my post, and another broader definition that would include molecular biology. But I understand it can cause misunderstandings and confusion to use the broad definition.</p>
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		<title>By: Eric Drexler</title>
		<link>http://metamodern.com/2009/10/07/nobel-prize-for-productive-nanosystem-research/comment-page-1/#comment-1928</link>
		<dc:creator>Eric Drexler</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Miguel — Actually, the prize was given, not for nano&lt;em&gt;technology&lt;/em&gt;, but for work in molecular biology,  a biological nanoscience. Ribosomes are, however, essential tools in large areas of bionanotechnology.

I find it interesting that ribosomes can make a wide range of nonbiological products. They can synthesize not only &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16104750&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;polypeptides with nonbiological amino acids&lt;/a&gt;, but &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19053417&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;polypeptoids&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18096500&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;polyesters&lt;/a&gt;, too, with usual sort of programmable control in all cases. I commented on the virtues of polypeptoids in my post on &lt;a href=&quot;http://metamodern.com/2008/12/01/peptoids-at-the-molecular-foundry/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Peptoids at the Molecular Foundry&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Miguel — Actually, the prize was given, not for nano<em>technology</em>, but for work in molecular biology,  a biological nanoscience. Ribosomes are, however, essential tools in large areas of bionanotechnology.</p>
<p>I find it interesting that ribosomes can make a wide range of nonbiological products. They can synthesize not only <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16104750" rel="nofollow">polypeptides with nonbiological amino acids</a>, but <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19053417" rel="nofollow">polypeptoids</a> and <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18096500" rel="nofollow">polyesters</a>, too, with usual sort of programmable control in all cases. I commented on the virtues of polypeptoids in my post on <a href="http://metamodern.com/2008/12/01/peptoids-at-the-molecular-foundry/" rel="nofollow">Peptoids at the Molecular Foundry</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: Miguel</title>
		<link>http://metamodern.com/2009/10/07/nobel-prize-for-productive-nanosystem-research/comment-page-1/#comment-1927</link>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It seems Patrick has a very inaccurate understanding of programmable nanoscale manufacturing systems. Biological systems are also a type of nanotechnology.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It seems Patrick has a very inaccurate understanding of programmable nanoscale manufacturing systems. Biological systems are also a type of nanotechnology.</p>
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		<title>By: Patrick</title>
		<link>http://metamodern.com/2009/10/07/nobel-prize-for-productive-nanosystem-research/comment-page-1/#comment-1925</link>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Could you explain how the 09 NP for Chemistry relates to programmable nanoscale manufacturing systems?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Could you explain how the 09 NP for Chemistry relates to programmable nanoscale manufacturing systems?</p>
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		<title>By: Miguel</title>
		<link>http://metamodern.com/2009/10/07/nobel-prize-for-productive-nanosystem-research/comment-page-1/#comment-1923</link>
		<dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is good to hear that, nanotechnology is finally receiving the respect it deserves in the scientific community.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is good to hear that, nanotechnology is finally receiving the respect it deserves in the scientific community.</p>
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		<title>By: Accelerating Future &#187; 2009 Chemistry Nobel Prize Awarded for Productive Nanosystems Research</title>
		<link>http://metamodern.com/2009/10/07/nobel-prize-for-productive-nanosystem-research/comment-page-1/#comment-1922</link>
		<dc:creator>Accelerating Future &#187; 2009 Chemistry Nobel Prize Awarded for Productive Nanosystems Research</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Eric Drexler&#8217;s blog: The 2009 chemistry Nobel Prize has been awarded to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz and Ada [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Eric Drexler&#8217;s blog: The 2009 chemistry Nobel Prize has been awarded to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz and Ada [...]</p>
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