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Originally Posted by Giggleton
We can come up with a new term if you like. Eminent domain just sounded reasonable to me, seizure of goods by the state/public for the public good. It would be good for the public to have access to all knowledge yes?
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You would think so, but would it really be to the benefit of all? I mean say someone had developed the technology that allowed them to know exactly how many years a person would live. Would such a thing be welcomed by the general population or would it be hated? I mean, just think. The tech. tells you that you will live to see age 50 and you are six months away from your 50th birthday, would you really want to know that you had that little time left? Granted that's an extreme example, but not all knowledge is welcomed by those it is meant for. What if someone had worked out a way to easily extract heavy water from regular water and how to build a fusion bomb was to become common knowledge. Would you want just anyone to be able to build one? Sometimes it is better that some knowledge is restricted to the few rather than being made public.