Deck 6: Nanotechnology

Question 1

Statistics understate the exponential growth of what since even prior to the 1930s?

A) Nanotechnology
B) The economy
C) Inflation
D) Capitalism

Answer 1

B
Despite the seemingly unprecedented significance of the Great Depression,that and less severe recessions are each considered "a minor blip" compared to the underlying pattern of growth in the economy.

Question 2

What areas has Bill McKibben,one of the first environmentalists to warn against the dangers of global warming,specifically suggested relinquishing,according to Kurzweil?

A) Biotechnology and motor vehicles
B) Warp technology and nanotechnology
C) Biotechnology and nanotechnology
D) Biotechnology and biochemistry

Answer 2

C
According to Kurzweil,McKibben has not only suggested relinquishing biotechnology and nanotechnology,but to some extent even all technology.

Question 3

In 2010,Lexington Insurance Company made history by offering insurance plans that explicitly covered what unprecedented liability?

A) 1969
B) Nanotechnology
C) 1973
D) 1945

Answer 3

B
LexNano-Shield is the first insurance plan that protects against nanotechnology exposures rising out of general liability,product liability,product pollution and legal liability.

Question 4

At what point does Kurzweil anticipate nonbiological intelligence will definitely surpass biological intelligence?

A) 2050
B) 2015
C) 2100
D) 2233

Question 5

Who noted that we could squeeze twice as many transistors on an integrated circuit every 24 months and,consequently,the circuits could run twice as fast because electrons would have less distance to travel?

A) Eric Drexler
B) Robert Freitas
C) Gordon Moore
D) Bill Joy

Question 6

What does Kurzweil consider the most significant implication of nanotechnology?

A) The merger of robotic and nonbiological intelligence
B) The merger of cryogenic and nonbiological intelligence
C) The merger of biological and nonbiological intelligence
D) The merger of bionic and nonbiological intelligence

Question 7

What is the most cost-effective way to ensure certain nanotechnology scales up is via what?

A) Self-immolation
B) Self-deprecation
C) Self-esteem
D) Self-replication

Question 8

What is the name for the robotic red blood cells that would enable someone to sprint for 15 minutes without taking a breath?

A) Respirocytes
B) Breath-o-matics
C) Repairocytes
D) Nanolungs

Question 9

What does "GNR" stand for?

A) Genetic nanotechnological respiration
B) Genetics, nanoscience, and robotics
C) Globular nano-respirocytes
D) Genetics, nanotechnology, and robotics

Question 10

Bergeson believes that which groups will increase advocating for more enhanced transparency and product disclosure in the near future?

A) Environmentalists
B) Nanotechnology researchers
C) The Republican Party
D) Shareholder rights activists

Question 11

An S-Curve is another term for what?

A) Sigmoid function
B) Gompertz curve
C) Moore's law
D) Paradigm shift

Question 12

The ongoing acceleration of technology is the inevitable result of what?

A) The Law of Accelerating Returns
B) Moore's Law
C) The Law of Conservation of Energy
D) Murphy's Law

Question 13

Who has developed the concept of building molecule-scale devices using molecular assemblers that would precisely guide chemical reactions by means of information?

A) Eric Drexler
B) Robert Freitas
C) Gordon Moore
D) Bill Joy

Question 14

Who believes humans have enough wealth and technology to justify no longer pursuing more?

A) Bill McKibben
B) Ted Kaczynski
C) Gordon Moore
D) Bill Joy

Question 15

What is the name of the potential nanotechnological weapon,primarily for spying,being considered by the US Department of Defense?

A) Smart dust
B) Decepticons
C) Nanobombs
D) Smart sand

Question 16

Who has warned of the impending dangers from the emergence of self-replicating technologies?

A) Eric Drexler
B) Robert Freitas
C) Gordon Moore
D) Bill Joy

Question 17

The constant that computer transistors double in number every two years is referred to as what?

A) The Law of Accelerating Returns
B) Moore's Law
C) The Law of Conservation of Energy
D) Murphy's Law

Question 18

Double-exponential trends in the price performance of all information technologies offset what?

A) Deflation factors
B) Lack of natural resources
C) Inflationary factors
D) Political factors

Question 19

What small robot will be able to perform a number of medical and therapeutic functions?

A) Nanobots
B) Neurons
C) Autobots
D) Transistors

Question 20

Who has designed robotic replacements for human blood cells that perform thousands of times more effectively than their biological counterparts?

A) Eric Drexler
B) Robert Freitas
C) Gordon Moore
D) Bill Joy