“Convergence Science (NBIC – Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno) is a new branch of science since 2000, and it has been extensively developed at leading universities around the world. NBIC combines to create nightmarish combinations that defy understanding. However, when you try to critique these NBIC scientists and their works, they hide behind their original scientific disciplines to throw stones at you. Other nay-sayers come from outside the NBIC world and have no basis to critique it in the first place. If NBIC science is to be critiqued at all, it must be according to NBIC science and not just from the perspective of computer science, neuroscience, nanotechnology, or biological science. Thus, this study took a lot of heat from those outside the NBIC world, and it shows.” ⁃ Patrick Wood, Technology News Editor.
The original Lee and Broudy article was published in the International Journal of Vaccine, Theory, Practice, and Research (IJVTPR). The critique by Ulrich was also published in IJVTPR. And now the Lee and Broudy response was published in IJVTPR. Another useful commentary by Tuumininen was also published in IJVTPR. Other journals have rejected or retracted articles, closing down discourse. IJVTPR welcomes discourse. This is how we learn. If you can, I believe all the articles are worth reading. It will take an hour of your time.