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> And as the engineers of synthetic life, she and her colleagues can easily incorporate controls or a kill switch that renders the cells harmless. That's a bol
by rumcajz 8y ago
> And as the engineers of synthetic life, she and her colleagues can easily incorporate controls or a kill switch that renders the cells harmless.
That's a bold claim given how evolution routes around failures.
- HillaryBriss 8y agoyeah. that line made me laugh. it's the kind of thing i expect to see in a low-grade sci-fi horror screenplay. Mary: "But to make all these pseudo-cells reproduce at room temperature, we had to mimic properties of the polio, smallpox, and ebola viruses, professor! What if it gets out of control?!" Professor Devin Daylooded: "Don't worry, Mary Goodsave. You may be a super-intelligent grad student who sees things I don't, but I will ignore your cautionary message which even the audience understands because I can easily incorporate controls or a kill switch that renders the cells harmless."
- picsao 8y agoGranted the cells are currently producing oxygen but they are only so few - what's the worst that could happen?