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{{Mergefrom|ecophagy|date=November 2008}}
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'''Grey goo''' (alternatively spelled '''gray goo''') is a hypothetical [[end of the world|end-of-the-world]] scenario involving [[molecular nanotechnology]] in which out-of-control [[self replication|self-replicating]] robots consume all matter on [[Earth]] while building more of themselves,<ref>{{cite web |title=Grey Goo is a Small Issue |url=http://www.crnano.org/BD-Goo.htm |date=2003-12-14 |accessdate=2009-12-28 |publisher=[[Center for Responsible Nanotechnology]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nanotechnology pioneer slays “grey goo” myths |url=http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=763/journal/0957-4484 |date=2006-07-06 |accessdate=2009-12-28 |work=Nanotechnology |publisher=[[Institute of Physics]]}}</ref> a scenario known as ''[[ecophagy]]'' ("eating the environment").<ref>{{cite web|title=Some Limits to Global Ecophagy by Biovorous Nanoreplicators, with Public Policy Recommendations|first=Robert A.|last=Freitas Jr.|url=http://www.rfreitas.com/Nano/Ecophagy.htm|date=2000-04-00|accessdate=2009-12-28}}</ref>

Self-replicating machines of the macroscopic variety were originally described by mathematician [[John von Neumann]], and are sometimes referred to as [[Self-replicating machine|von Neumann machines]].
The term ''grey goo'' was coined by nanotechnology pioneer [[K. Eric Drexler|Eric Drexler]] in his 1986 book ''[[Engines of Creation]]''.<ref>{{cite book |title= Apocalypse 2012 |last= Joseph |first= Lawrence E. |authorlink= |year= 2007 |publisher= Broadway |location= New York |isbn= 978-0767924481 |page= 6 |url= }}</ref>

==Non-Fiction==
The term ''grey goo'' is often used in a futuristic or context, as the required technologies do not yet exist. In the worst postulated scenarios matter beyond Earth would also be turned into goooooooo. No one wants that. Because no one likes the color gray. Maybe if it was rainbow goo, or red goo, then people would like it if the whole world turned into goo. Except Hobos. No Hobos want goo everywhere. But stripers do. Not Hobo's. Or cartoons. Cartoons and paint. Well maybe paint. Because paint would color the goo so it wouldn't be grey goo. The end. :D

==Popular culture==
[[Denial-of-service attacks]] in the virtual world [[Second Life]] which work by infinitely replicating objects until the server crashes is referred to as a ''grey goo'' attack.<ref>{{cite news |title=Second life plagued by 'grey goo' attack |work=[[The Register]] |url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/24/secondlife_greygoo_attack/ |date=2006-12-24 |accessdate=2009-12-28 |first=Robert |last=Lemos}}</ref> This reference refers to the self-replicating aspects of grey goo and does not include any connection with nanomachines.

==References==
Where I got this info--- My brain. Why should you believe my brain? Because. Because i love my brain. Its so sexy. YOU're jealous. So shut up. :D and believe the info that comes from my brain. Duh. Idiot. Are you mental? Do you need a doctor? Well that sucks for you.

==Further reading==
<div class="references-small">
*[[Lynn Margulis]] and [[Dorion Sagan]]—''What Is Life?'' (1995). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-684-81087-5
*Bill Bryson ''[[A Short History of Nearly Everything]]'' (2003)
*[http://www.archive.org/details/NickSzabosEssayGreenGoo-LifeInTheEraOfHumaneGenocide Green Goo—Life in the Era of Humane Genocide] by Nick Szabo
*[http://www.etcgroup.org/upload/publication/174/01/comm_greengoo77.pdf Green Goo: Nanotechnology Comes Alive!]
*[http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,64235,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5 Green Goo: The New Nanothreat] from ''Wired''
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== External links ==
* [http://lifeboat.com/ex/global.ecophagy Some Limits to Global Ecophagy by Biovorous Nanoreplicators, with Public Policy Recommendations]
* [http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=763/journal/0957-4484 Nanotechnology pioneer slays "grey goo" myths] Paper critical of "grey goo"
* [http://www.nanotec.org.uk/finalReport.htm Online edition of the Royal Society's report ''Nanoscience and nanotechnologies: opportunities and uncertainties'']
* [http://www.nanotech-now.com/goo.htm Goo and Paste Directory]
* [http://www.nanotec.org.uk/ UK Government & Royal Society commission on Nanotechnology and Nanoscience]

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[[Category:Environmental disasters]]

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209.7.244.20: /* Fiction */

{{Mergefrom|ecophagy|date=November 2008}}
{{MolecNano}}
'''Grey goo''' (alternatively spelled '''gray goo''') is a hypothetical [[end of the world|end-of-the-world]] scenario involving [[molecular nanotechnology]] in which out-of-control [[self replication|self-replicating]] robots consume all matter on [[Earth]] while building more of themselves,<ref>{{cite web |title=Grey Goo is a Small Issue |url=http://www.crnano.org/BD-Goo.htm |date=2003-12-14 |accessdate=2009-12-28 |publisher=[[Center for Responsible Nanotechnology]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nanotechnology pioneer slays “grey goo” myths |url=http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=763/journal/0957-4484 |date=2006-07-06 |accessdate=2009-12-28 |work=Nanotechnology |publisher=[[Institute of Physics]]}}</ref> a scenario known as ''[[ecophagy]]'' ("eating the environment").<ref>{{cite web|title=Some Limits to Global Ecophagy by Biovorous Nanoreplicators, with Public Policy Recommendations|first=Robert A.|last=Freitas Jr.|url=http://www.rfreitas.com/Nano/Ecophagy.htm|date=2000-04-00|accessdate=2009-12-28}}</ref>

Self-replicating machines of the macroscopic variety were originally described by mathematician [[John von Neumann]], and are sometimes referred to as [[Self-replicating machine|von Neumann machines]].
The term ''grey goo'' was coined by nanotechnology pioneer [[K. Eric Drexler|Eric Drexler]] in his 1986 book ''[[Engines of Creation]]''.<ref>{{cite book |title= Apocalypse 2012 |last= Joseph |first= Lawrence E. |authorlink= |year= 2007 |publisher= Broadway |location= New York |isbn= 978-0767924481 |page= 6 |url= }}</ref>

==Non-Fiction==
The term ''grey goo'' is often used in a futuristic or context, as the required technologies do not yet exist. In the worst postulated scenarios matter beyond Earth would also be turned into goooooooo. No one wants that. Because no one likes the color gray. Maybe if it was rainbow goo, or red goo, then people would like it if the whole world turned into goo. Except Hobos. No Hobos want goo everywhere. But stripers do. Not Hobo's. Or cartoons. Cartoons and paint. Well maybe paint. Because paint would color the goo so it wouldn't be grey goo. The end. :D

==Popular culture==
[[Denial-of-service attacks]] in the virtual world [[Second Life]] which work by infinitely replicating objects until the server crashes is referred to as a ''grey goo'' attack.<ref>{{cite news |title=Second life plagued by 'grey goo' attack |work=[[The Register]] |url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/24/secondlife_greygoo_attack/ |date=2006-12-24 |accessdate=2009-12-28 |first=Robert |last=Lemos}}</ref> This reference refers to the self-replicating aspects of grey goo and does not include any connection with nanomachines.

==References==
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==Further reading==
<div class="references-small">
*[[Lynn Margulis]] and [[Dorion Sagan]]—''What Is Life?'' (1995). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-684-81087-5
*Bill Bryson ''[[A Short History of Nearly Everything]]'' (2003)
*[http://www.archive.org/details/NickSzabosEssayGreenGoo-LifeInTheEraOfHumaneGenocide Green Goo—Life in the Era of Humane Genocide] by Nick Szabo
*[http://www.etcgroup.org/upload/publication/174/01/comm_greengoo77.pdf Green Goo: Nanotechnology Comes Alive!]
*[http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,64235,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5 Green Goo: The New Nanothreat] from ''Wired''
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== External links ==
* [http://lifeboat.com/ex/global.ecophagy Some Limits to Global Ecophagy by Biovorous Nanoreplicators, with Public Policy Recommendations]
* [http://www.iop.org/EJ/news/-topic=763/journal/0957-4484 Nanotechnology pioneer slays "grey goo" myths] Paper critical of "grey goo"
* [http://www.nanotec.org.uk/finalReport.htm Online edition of the Royal Society's report ''Nanoscience and nanotechnologies: opportunities and uncertainties'']
* [http://www.nanotech-now.com/goo.htm Goo and Paste Directory]
* [http://www.nanotec.org.uk/ UK Government & Royal Society commission on Nanotechnology and Nanoscience]

[[Category:Artificial life]]
[[Category:Environmental disasters]]

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