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technology is so much shorter than the time constant of what we are about 
here. 
It may well be that this is the only technology that will continue, 
subspecies, and when you are concerned with that I think you are not likely 
to over-instrument. 
DR. FREDRICKSON: Dr. Hudson? 
DR. HUDSON: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. 
I am sure that we are all very familiar with another conference which 
spent a great deal of time disproportionately with reference to the shape 
of the table and the positions of persons thereat, and since I didn't have 
anything to do with the consideration of where I was going to sit at this 
table, nor in which direction Dr. Fredrickson was going to take in terms of 
asking persons to talk, I could look at it on the one hand that I have the 
best of all worlds, and that is I have heard everybody talk, and since I am 
the last one to speak I could possibly attempt to summarize what has been 
said. Certainly there is little I could say that has not already been said. 
On the other hand, I could get rather paranoid about where I am sitting. 
(Laughter. ) 
I shall do neither of these. I would first like to commend the inves- 
tigators who have brought us to the point of having to deal with these types 
of questions, even though they are extremely difficult and offer us a great 
amount of trepidation with our concern. I think it is important that we are 
here and that we are considering these questions. 
I would also like to commend the four various committees that have 
worked assiduously in trying to design guidelines or rules, but certainly 
that have been grappling with the very essence and depth of some very 
weighty questions. 
I would like also to commend Dr. Fredrickson for calling this confer- 
ence together for the consideration so that we might be able to be more 
knowledgeable about some of the kinds of things that must be considered 
here. 
I don't envy your position with reference to the decision that you must 
make, or certainly the decision in consultation with others, but I do say to 
you that I think the posture which you should take should be certainly con- 
ducive to the continuation of experimentation in this particular area, with- 
out the investigators feeling a sense of intimidation to the extent of "Big 
Brother is watching." 
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