This is a very weak contribution to the question of whether science can truly consider itself amoral, as in, does the march of progress outweigh all other conce

This is a very weak contribution to the question of whether science can truly consider itself amoral, as in, does the march of progress outweigh all other concerns, which many people believe is the case. In this case the author wants us to see pain guns as we see computers, as progress that helps us more than it hurts us. A better analogy may be nuclear weapons, let's see him try to argue the positive effects of bomb which can and has been used to vaporize cities.