The rapid race of technology development today is exceptional. It makes teaching both exciting and challenging. It also raises the question of responsibility: should the larger community place some guidelines on what is produced from science?
As a scientist, my initial reaction is "no." Historically, political and religious pressures thwarted the adoption of many key ideas for hundreds of years, resulting in jail or death for some. The need for independence from these pressures led to the formation of the world's foremost scientific societies which were founded to provide open communication...