Artificial life breakthrough

[Dogenzaka]

When this technology becomes more mainstream, it is imperative they strictly regulate it.
Because this could mean a totally new danger of biological warfare

 

[Dentim]

When this technology becomes more mainstream, it is imperative they strictly regulate it.
Because this could mean a totally new danger of biological warfare

Off course they'll regulate it.
We'll only get Dragons without fire-breath or claws. The others'll be strictly for warfare purposes.

 

[matrix8140]

>.> We've always seen movies on nano machines, but now artificial cells?

 

[Aria]

This is the type of thing that turns sci-fi utopia books into fact.

Screw dragons, I want a hippogriff ;D

 

[8298906]

well this is irony this news of creating cell/DNA (or whatever) comes and a new movie come out about the government creating a new species.... s1eyeballs

 

[Takuya]

A talk from Craig Venter and his team - the ones who discovered/made this breakthrough - focusing on this topic at the TED conference broadcasted this month: Craig Venter unveils "synthetic life" | Video on TED.com

 

[Square Ninja]

When this technology becomes more mainstream, it is imperative they strictly regulate it.
Because this could mean a totally new danger of biological warfare

an accident is much more likely to happen than an attack, like these cells getting out of quarantine and generally being a pain in the ass

 

[Silfarion]

Just created DNA =/? DNA is what separates species one from the other. We basically invented a whole species out of nothing. Must we also create our own membrane and organelles before we can say we created an organism? What's the point of that?

You got the picture wrong. DNA not only separate species, but it decides to tiniest specs. It can change our hair color, our personality, even some sickness we will get in the future. So creating a DNA doesn't necessarily mean we created a new organism, it can mean we made a variation of a previous one.

 

[_EX]

You got the picture wrong. DNA not only separate species, but it decides to tiniest specs. It can change our hair color, our personality, even some sickness we will get in the future. So creating a DNA doesn't necessarily mean we created a new organism, it can mean we made a variation of a previous one.

Not to be a dick or anything but I am pretty certain that Phoenix knows that, aswel as most things.

I think he was just trying to stop people from downplaying the achievement made.

 

[Dentim]

Then we'll make a variation of lizards by supersizing them and giving them flight. We're getting our flying beast of destruction and transportation either way. If there's a scientist with enough balls and time anyway.

You clearly don't understand human nature. It goes like this. Humanity starts investigating shit. Humanity finds that there are certain rules. Humanity takes a dump on said rules, bury them under the ground and set the surrounding continent on fire. Humanity proceeds.

 

[Square Ninja]

I AM AFRAID OF THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND

itt: frankenstein complex

 

[Ulti]

Then we'll make a variation of lizards by supersizing them and giving them flight. We're getting our flying beast of destruction and transportation either way. If there's a scientist with enough balls and time anyway.

You clearly don't understand human nature. It goes like this. Humanity starts investigating shit. Humanity finds that there are certain rules. Humanity takes a dump on said rules, bury them under the ground and set the surrounding continent on fire. Humanity proceeds.

I dunno I think humanity is just curious how far we can take our limits.

 

[Dentim]

I dunno I think humanity is just curious how far we can take our limits.

That's just the point. You can't see how far you'll go if you don't shit on the rules first.

 

[Square Ninja]

like i said

itt: frankenstein complex

 

[Dentim]

like i said

itt: frankenstein complex

Why do you keep thinking I have a fear of artificial humans?

 

[Siren]

Frankenstein complex =/= a fear of artificial humans, it's the fear of something that we don't completely understand.

So, they created a new, mono-cellular organism that is capable of reproduction. I believe that this is many years away from being useful, or that it will at least be many years before the general public has any sort of access to it.

 

[Dentim]

Frankenstein complex =/= a fear of artificial humans, it's the fear of something that we don't completely understand.

So, they created a new, mono-cellular organism that is capable of reproduction. I believe that this is many years away from being useful, or that it will at least be many years before the general public has any sort of access to it.

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_complex

According to this, it apparently does. There is another term for what you mean, the not understanding. But I can't seem to remember. And even if he did mean that, he's still wrong.

It'll likely take a long time. And it better. That way they could take out the kinks.