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Man was never meant to harness the awesome power of the pointy stick.
I agree
Sure, if you just want to kill people.
But now the sky's the limit.
yeah, nature's already ten million times more cost effective
just use any number of existing deadly pathogens
I'm pretty sure I'd be throwing balls of fire at cities, impregnating virgin women, and flooding the world
I'll be sure to tell that to the kids at Nemours.
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Many forms of modern medicine is playing God. I doubt Organ Transplants were in the original blueprints.
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Well in that case we've been playing god since we started creating inoculations, so why stop now?
it'll be fun.
I realize this
It doesn't mean I agree with it
But whatever, might as well not stop now, you guys are right
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the way i see it is, as long as it doesn't ultimately harm us/the planet, it's okay. if we can build a better herring then let's do that.
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First bacteria that are coded to decompose trash with more fuel as the result.
Then bacteria coded to hide in plastic and eat flesh when in direct contact.
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let's make it happen
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Exactly! Potentially harming people, violating human rights or the environment, THOSE are issues. Playing the part of some possibly existent creator figure really isn't
They better make Humicorns first.
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Those kitties in glass jars.
What spring does with the cherry trees.
We should email Hussie STAT.
And then send those scientists a link to Humanimals and a simple declaration: MAKE IT HAPPEN
this is essentially why I avoided using the term in my original post
it's nebulous at best and stupid at worst
I just wonder, if we get to the point where we can genetically modify humans, where's that line, the line between making it so you never get cancer, and making it so you look exactly the way your parents want you to, finding the genetic markers for homosexuality and overwriting them, etc
would it destroy individuality? is that bad? who ate my schnitzel?
yeah exactly
see: grafting
From what I can tell in the article, the only ethical question here is whether or not these scientists should be changing the intended function of a cell. They aren't creating life, they're just modifying it to serve their purpose, to create stuff like virus vaccines and eco-friendly fuels.
EDIT: Oh, and as stated a few times already, there's some fear that scientists might be able to modify cells to serve as bioweapons... But that's a little beyond the scope of what's been done here.
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Good thing:
The real interesting stuff will start when people are able to use this technique to generate and grow things like stem cells from exisiting organic materials. You could use it help people with damaged or deteriorating diseases of the nervous system like Parkinson's.
Bad thing:
The most dangerous thing would be introducing a bacteria cell into an environment that isn't prepared for it, and having that cell multiply at an uncontrolled rate. Remember the episode of the Simpsons where Bart brings his frog to Australia? That kind of thing could happen when people get ideas like 'let's engineer a bacteria that can break down plastics and oils", and then the bacteria makes its way into the wild or gets flushed into the ocean. It then starts adapating and breaking down other materials, or makes it more difficult for plant life to grow, or makes the water even more toxic for other animals.
It's not that the technology itself would be bad or good, but how it's used. Think of it how people saw the rise of nuclear power/weaponry back in the day.
I mean that is a pretty long-off and far-fetched situation, but it's one example off the top of my head.
This is kind of cooler though, because that is like throwing lots of different meat in a pot for a few hours and calling it stew compared to meticulously measuring how much of each meat and the spices involved to create something real specefic.
Humanity has much to answer for bringing the Affenpinscher into existence.
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cheers
shoe at least MY unoriginal question generated some GOOD answers so NYEH
Another example is how kudzu went wild in the Deep South.
Somebody brought kudzu seeds over from Japan, next thing you know the kudzu's strangling the existing plants by growing over it.
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you smell
there's a good answer for you
take it to the bank
the smell bank
it is the only bank that will have you
because you smell
Man fuck Japan's ecosystem.