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Elin asked:

How can either you, or your society decide ethically which knowledge should or should not be
pursued?

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This is one of those old questions that I scan down to now and then... I'm not going to answer it. But I
recommend that you or anyone interested in this question take a look at Philip Kitcher's latest book:
Science, Truth, and Democracy.He addresses this question extensively.

Steven Ravett Brown