bring me my science hat
hamdrax: also http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/biology_evolution/article7132299.ece
hamdrax: Julian Savulescu, professor of practical ethics at the University of Oxford, said: “Venter is creaking open the most profound door in humanity’s history, potentially peeking into its destiny. He is going towards the role of a god: creating artificial life that could never have existed naturally. The potential is in the far future, but real and significant. But the risks are also unparalleled.”
hamdrax: FOR FUCK'S SAKE THEY MADE A CELL OUT OF CHEMICALS calm the shit down
sexybiopsy: oh come ON it's not like they're making a hot naked chick with weird legs or anything
sexybiopsy: GOSH
hamdrax: LMFAO!!!!
hamdrax: "Dr Venter's team made a synthetic copy of the genome of a bacterium, Mycoplasma mycoides. Several inert DNA “watermarks” were added, including the researchers’ names in code, to distinguish the synthetic genome from the natural version."
hamdrax: OH NO THE WORLD IS ENDING
hamdrax: Pat Mooney, of the ETC Group, which campaigns against biotechnology, said: “This is a Pandora’s box moment. We’ll all have to deal with the fallout from this alarming experiment.”
hamdrax: what
sexybiopsy: LMFAO WHAT!
sexybiopsy: oh stfu
hamdrax: seriously i don't
sexybiopsy: it's okay
sexybiopsy: in no time at all we'll be travelling to other planets, engineering their inhabitants according to our whims, and then just leavin them there to cause continuity upfuckery for people millenia from now
hamdrax: fhs;kdhfglsdf
sexybiopsy: I mean i know that is on my agenda.
hamdrax: we'd BETTER
hamdrax: it's the gd future soon
hamdrax: let's get this hideous era of bioterror rolling already
sexybiopsy: LMFAO
hamdrax: c'mon
sexybiopsy: seriously come on
sexybiopsy: where's my colour changing jellyfish hair
hamdrax: where's my glow in the dark mice
hamdrax: oh wait
hamdrax: http://news.nationalgeographic.co.uk/news/2002/01/0111_020111genmice.html
hamdrax: THERE THEY ARE
hamdrax: COME HERE YOU RASCALS
hamdrax: Julian Savulescu, professor of practical ethics at the University of Oxford, said: “Venter is creaking open the most profound door in humanity’s history, potentially peeking into its destiny. He is going towards the role of a god: creating artificial life that could never have existed naturally. The potential is in the far future, but real and significant. But the risks are also unparalleled.”
hamdrax: FOR FUCK'S SAKE THEY MADE A CELL OUT OF CHEMICALS calm the shit down
sexybiopsy: oh come ON it's not like they're making a hot naked chick with weird legs or anything
sexybiopsy: GOSH
hamdrax: LMFAO!!!!
hamdrax: "Dr Venter's team made a synthetic copy of the genome of a bacterium, Mycoplasma mycoides. Several inert DNA “watermarks” were added, including the researchers’ names in code, to distinguish the synthetic genome from the natural version."
hamdrax: OH NO THE WORLD IS ENDING
hamdrax: Pat Mooney, of the ETC Group, which campaigns against biotechnology, said: “This is a Pandora’s box moment. We’ll all have to deal with the fallout from this alarming experiment.”
hamdrax: what
sexybiopsy: LMFAO WHAT!
sexybiopsy: oh stfu
hamdrax: seriously i don't
sexybiopsy: it's okay
sexybiopsy: in no time at all we'll be travelling to other planets, engineering their inhabitants according to our whims, and then just leavin them there to cause continuity upfuckery for people millenia from now
hamdrax: fhs;kdhfglsdf
sexybiopsy: I mean i know that is on my agenda.
hamdrax: we'd BETTER
hamdrax: it's the gd future soon
hamdrax: let's get this hideous era of bioterror rolling already
sexybiopsy: LMFAO
hamdrax: c'mon
sexybiopsy: seriously come on
sexybiopsy: where's my colour changing jellyfish hair
hamdrax: where's my glow in the dark mice
hamdrax: oh wait
hamdrax: http://news.nationalgeographic.co.uk/news/2002/01/0111_020111genmice.html
hamdrax: THERE THEY ARE
hamdrax: COME HERE YOU RASCALS