And the world changes quietly:

May 21, 2010 09:04

I actually knew that this major news event was coming, or at least that this was what he was working on. I went to high school with Craig Venter's son, and we RPed together a bit, so it's always a little surreal for me to see Craig Venter on TV, or on magazine covers, or what have you (his team was the team that decoded the human genome a few ( Read more... )

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majortom_thecat May 21 2010, 20:20:20 UTC
I like how this redefines "in the wild". We are all wildlife now!

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apestyle May 21 2010, 21:19:28 UTC
OMG, I find it hilarious that the science nerds are pooh-poohing Venter's efforts. Sheesh what a bunch of Bitter Betties.

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crispengray May 21 2010, 21:42:04 UTC
It's like looking at the first adding machines and saying, "Well, what's the point of making an electronic machine that can add numbers? What's the point? We can already add numbers together on our own..."

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sephirajo May 23 2010, 19:27:09 UTC
It is interesting, but the thing I worry about, and hear me out here, is no matter how good you are you can still do something wrong and that something wrong can be catastrophic ( ... )

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