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Friday, September 16, 2011

Unabomber Copycat Targets Nanotechnologists

A police officer stands guard after a mail bomb injured two professors at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, near Mexico City. Image © (2011) Arnulfo Franco, AP Images.

Following from my earlier post about the Unabomber's one-man assault on the Technological Revolution, the Chronicle of Higher Education is reporting that a copycat letterbomb killer is stalking the exclusive and secretive research halls of Nanotechnology.  People working in Nanotech facilities across North America are very alarmed. 


It seems this self-styled anti-tech terrorist is taking Sarah Conner or Kyle Reese as their model, aiming to attack the scientists who started it all before time runs out. This was a major plot point in the 1991 film, Terminator 2Here are more layers of frightening and dangerous Millennial craziness, as the boundaries between fact and fiction blur.

Linda Hamilton as anti-tech's avenging angel in Terminator 2. Image Source: Netbrawl.

1 comment:

  1. Because, you know, blowing up nanotechnologists is *such* a great way to teach them to be cautious in their experiments. Right.

    -J

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