For me, an interesting take-away from this survey is that people assumed that _scientists_ would jump the gun, that "...scientists would rush to offer each of t

For me, an interesting take-away from this survey is that people assumed that _scientists_ would jump the gun, that "...scientists would rush to offer each of the technologies before they had adequately tested or even understood them." In their minds, it is the doctors/scientists that are most excited about the possibilities / opportunities afforded by offering something as soon as possible to the public, as if we could all be further guinea pigs for them, or as if it would make them rich personally, or that they are motivated primarily by the satisfaction of knowing the fruits of their labor were put to use. Those are certainly some of many valid motivations for people working in intellectual fields. But it is interesting the public does not understand that doctors/scientists are more likely to be reluctant to turn findings into products, instead preferring to follow the new research opportunities and/or building a community or consensus. It is a different kind of professional that turns scientific innovation into potential products (engineers, entrepreneurs, marketers, bad journalists), and along that spectrum is the increased rushed, cavalier attitude. This distinction is lost on those surveyed.