Where is the boundary between art and science?

Does art need to be subjected to a different sort of regulatory regime than
does science?

Who is to determine whether I am spraying seawater for scientific or
artistic purposes?

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I think this highlights the lack of wisdom in trying to regulate
"geoengineering". We should be regulating activities that pose substantial
risks regardless of whether they are art or science and regarless of
whether the activitiy is or is not a "geoengineering" activitity.

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On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Mick West <[email protected]> wrote:

> It's an art project. Seems to be spraying about a liter or so of warm
> salty water from a misting system attached to a free flying weather ballon.
>
> Project Page:
> http://www.amateurhuman.org/projects/cloud-maker
>
> There's a video here:
> https://vimeo.com/55013048
>
> Basically it creates a 100,000th of a contrail.
>
>
> Mick West
> http://contrailscience.com
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Andrew Lockley 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>>
>> http://m.fastcoexist.com/?m=fastcoexist/node/1681204&url=http://www.fastcoexist.com/mba/1681204/diy-geoengineering-a-machine-to-create-clouds-above-your-head
>>
>> This “personal device for weather modification” can literally create
>> clouds. It's a small CCN machine hung off a blimp.
>>
>> It's inspired by the idea in geoengineering of making brighter clouds
>> that reflect more of the Sun's rays to mitigate climate change. China and
>> India both use cloud seeding as part of their domestic policy. But whether
>> it will work for climate change ...
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