For example, subjects had a negative reaction to a running shoe equipped with nanotechnology that adjusted fabric thickness to cool the foot and reduce blisters.
I wonder if this is typical of the new ideas being tested. There are reasons other than novelty for being dubious about it—for example, that’s a use of nanotech which I believe is well beyond current capability. One might wonder whether it will actually work, or is it a case of nanotech as magic pixie dust?
Also, I don’t know whether those implicit bias tests have been checked to see whether the apparent implicit bias shows up in people’s actions.
I wonder if this is typical of the new ideas being tested. There are reasons other than novelty for being dubious about it—for example, that’s a use of nanotech which I believe is well beyond current capability. One might wonder whether it will actually work, or is it a case of nanotech as magic pixie dust?
Also, I don’t know whether those implicit bias tests have been checked to see whether the apparent implicit bias shows up in people’s actions.