Biology, technology, and everything in between

There won't be my usual monthly rant/editorial for November. Biotechnology is a field of knowledge that I am deeply interested in but profoundly ignorant about. It's also an area that, while it has the potential for extraordinary and almost unfathomable benefits to so many things, can be so quickly steeped in controversy.

Biotech can be a sensitive topic, whether it be frankenfoods, stem cell research or human/machine interfaces to assist the disabled to interact with the world around them. Quite frankly, I know so little about so much of this vast area that I really don't have a strong opinion on so many of the big issues. I generally try and live by the idea that being grossly uninformed should render my opinion worthless (well, more so than usual) and I plan to try and stick to this.

My hope is that by the end of this month I will know just a little more about biotech than when it started.

I'm still suffering the after-effects of laryngitis but the posting pace should pick up soon.