Comments | sprockey: We Are All Going To Die

sprockey

We Are All Going To Die

Mar 12, 2009 19:38

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rocketgeek March 13 2009, 00:04:06 UTC

If it's different than all other life on Earth, then it follows that it has no defenses against the teaming microbial life all around us. Which means that its lifespan in the wild is measured in milliseconds. Literally. Microbes are ubiquitous and vicious; anything that hasn't evolved defenses is DOA.

sprockey March 13 2009, 01:37:04 UTC

I'm not saying the very first single-celled organism that man creates is going to be a disaster. I'm saying this is opening a dangerous door.

chaoticset March 13 2009, 00:17:59 UTC

Science is powerful and crazy, yes -- but it's also inevitable. There really is no such thing as "wait until we're ready". We're never ready until we start having to be.

Sure, it might destroy us, but theoretically the LHC could too. Hell, theoretically we're building Skynet, FFS...life is like any other information. It spreads. It eats. It changes.

No other information has overtaken the world...I wouldn't really stress about it. It's either out of your hands to stop or not going to be a problem. :\ *hugs*

ratbastrd March 13 2009, 00:34:38 UTC

I for one welcome our single-celled overlords.

catling March 13 2009, 12:29:59 UTC

*points* He's already been compromised, probably already has one in his brainstem, don't listen to hiM!

abhasana March 13 2009, 04:36:23 UTC

Haven't those people read or seen any of the, I dunno, hundreds or thousands sci-fi titles about this very scenario? Gah.

longbottle March 13 2009, 05:56:14 UTC

What are you talking about? This is the first step towards true genetic engineering. Then we can finally engineer the stupid out of people without all that messy eugenics.

Oh, and if you're going to paraphrase Jurassic Park, at least quote "Life finds a way" outright. :P