http://scienceprogress.org/2008/04/neuroethics-101/ Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://scienceprogress.org/2008/04/neuroethics-101/comment-page-1/#comment-1849 Tom WIlson Sun, 04 May 2008 01:11:01 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/04/neuroethics-101/#comment-1849 What is missing in our current mode of oversight is the inability to act at the speed of science. Not to do so is unfair to both the emerging technology and public interests. Too much regulation can fall prey to politics and extended delays in access to useful technologies. Too little oversight can lead to a lack of necessary standards and needed consumer protection at a minimum. To error either way is unacceptable. This need to work at the speed of science in emerging technologies is more pressing as each day passes. A new, flexible framework will be needed that can address these dual interests in a timely fashion or the effort will fall short of the need as we currently witness in other government regulatory schemes. What is missing in our current mode of oversight is the inability to act at the speed of science. Not to do so is unfair to both the emerging technology and public interests. Too much regulation can fall prey to politics and extended delays in access to useful technologies. Too little oversight can lead to a lack of necessary standards and needed consumer protection at a minimum. To error either way is unacceptable. This need to work at the speed of science in emerging technologies is more pressing as each day passes. A new, flexible framework will be needed that can address these dual interests in a timely fashion or the effort will fall short of the need as we currently witness in other government regulatory schemes.

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