Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-12-01]: Could robots aid in the Ebola fight? The White House will co-host a November workshop exploring the use of robots to help minimize human contact with the fast-spreading virus. [1, 2] The main ingredient of medicine is not a drug. Not a substance. Not a technique. The main ingredient of medicine is Humans. Take that out and you have no disease. No life. Just machines helping other machines. And who cares if machines fail? I mean die...
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