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There will be the usual walk through the park of unusable vectors to solve this. The only thing that could stop this is direct action - meaning, editing organi
by louithethrid 9y ago
There will be the usual walk through the park of unusable vectors to solve this.
The only thing that could stop this is direct action - meaning, editing organisms to resist humanity. Making trees fireproof, equipping animals with diseases. The only wulf to hold back man, is another man.
- castle-bravo 9y agoHave you read Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy? It's one of my all-time favourite works of science fiction. Human beings have the (rarely used) capacity to improve the quality and usability of our surroundings. If at some point in the future, we should collectively decide to rehabilitate this planet of ours, mutant poisonous kudzu and HIV-reservoir mosquitoes will not make the work any easier.
- mythrwy 9y agoFire is necessary for healthy forests. And although I am excited about the emerging prospects of genetic alteration I'm pretty sure it's not going to get as far as making carbon based lifeforms fireproof.