PopTodd Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 US scientists make breakthrough in quest for synthetic life http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01...?section=justin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drazil Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Because we need more people on this planet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Good Old Neon Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 So, if man was previously 5, and God 7, is man now 7 and God 9? Is my question. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted January 25, 2008 Author Share Posted January 25, 2008 So, if man was previously 5, and God 7, is man now 7 and God 9? Is my question. This monkey ain't goin' to heaven, me don't think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Because we need more people on this planet.Did you read the story? The group hopes eventually to use engineered genomes to make organisms that can produce clean fuels and take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted January 25, 2008 Author Share Posted January 25, 2008 The group hopes eventually to use engineered genomes to make organisms that can produce clean fuels and take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Without a doubt the intent is noble, even heroic. But there are just a lot of things tha can happen when you start messing around with things like this. No matter what you try to account for, there's gonna be something unexpected that comes up. Not sayin' this is Doomsday, just that this is some pretty heady shit that they're messing around with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Without a doubt the intent is noble, even heroic. But there are just a lot of things tha can happen when you start messing around with things like this. No matter what you try to account for, there's gonna be something unexpected that comes up. Not sayin' this is Doomsday, just that this is some pretty heady shit that they're messing around with.Oh, I agree. I was just responding to the knee-jerk post about overpopulation. There's definitely some major philosophical implications - although they are not creating life from "not-life," they're just making kind of a Frankengenome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jhh4321 Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 I'm all for this. When global warming kills off all of our crops and other natural resources, I'm going to be hungry for some synthetic human flesh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Without a doubt the intent is noble, even heroic. But there are just a lot of things tha can happen when you start messing around with things like this. No matter what you try to account for, there's gonna be something unexpected that comes up. Not sayin' this is Doomsday, just that this is some pretty heady shit that they're messing around with.Thank you for saying so, Mary Shelley. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Speaking on Men and Gods - anyone believe this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stooka Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 No, it's just the terrain. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 No, it's just the terrain. Haven't you ever seen a Martian in a big dress before? Skeptic! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted January 25, 2008 Author Share Posted January 25, 2008 Thank you for saying so, Mary Shelley. Exactly.There is something terribly Frankenstein-like about this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 If this means we're possibly another step closer to making pot belly pig sized elephants, then yes, I'm all for it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drazil Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 No, I didn't read the story. I was intoxicated when I wrote that. Sorry.But we really don't need more people. Especially stupid ones. --- Eugenics... I'm in intoxicated now. Sorry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 It's still not about eugenics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drazil Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 yea, now that I'm back home from vacation, I look back and have no idea what I was talking about. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Speaking on Men and Gods - anyone believe this? Now we're getting into Art Bell kinda shit... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 It's interesting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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