A homeless person, a roofer and a physicist walk into a science museum …

Participants entering the Museum — About 100 Washington DC area citizens, selected to be reflecting the demographic diversity of the region entering the Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Science, on Saturday, September 15, 2012 to participate in the World Wide Views on Biodiversity Citizen Forums taking place across the world

Discussing biodiversity in land, sea and benefit and cost sharing — Seated at tables of 6-8 with a facilitator, after reviewing background material and watching an informational video on a biodiversity theme (biodiversity in land, sea and benefit and cost sharing) participants discussing issues and perspectives

After discussing issues, participants voting on questions to be debated at UN Convention of Biological Diversity meeting (COP 11) in Hyderabad India in October, 2012

Reporting on the national question — Participants sharing their group recommendations on U.S. national issues and solution strategies

Results from across the world reported instantly on a website

Results presented at the UN Conference of Parties (COP11) meeting in Hyderabad, India

NATURE | COMMENT

23 June 2015

Democratically weighing up the benefits and risks of gene editing and artificial intelligence is a political endeavour, not an academic one, says Daniel Sarewitz.

http://www.nature.com/news/crispr-science-can-t-solve-it-1.17806

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