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> Biohacker I find this highly concerning, biological organisms are orders of magnitude more complicated than man made hardware and software. I think all he wi
by SSchick 8y ago
> Biohacker
I find this highly concerning, biological organisms are orders of magnitude more complicated than man made hardware and software.
I think all he will achieve is either giving himself an infection or cancer.
- interlocutor 8y agoYes, highly concerning but not because biological organisms are more complicated, but because biological organisms reproduce. Any "hacking" mistake will reproduce for eternity.
- all2 8y agoI thought there were 'host' hacks and 'germ-line' hacks. Could someone with actual knowledge fill this in? Am I right? Or am I very wrong?
- peteey 8y agoOnly changes to the gamete cells (sperm and eggs) will move on to the next generation. You can change the DNA of specific cells. A change in you skin cell's DNA will not propagate to your bone cells. The skin cell has instructions to make a bone cell, but skin cells do not make use of that part of the code.
- Someone 8y ago”The skin cell has instructions to make a bone cell, but skin cells do not make use of that part of the code.” The scary thing is that it may require only a small change to change that. Muscle cells also have instructions to make bone and do not make use of that code, except when things go wrong as in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibrodysplasia_ossificans_progressiva https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibrodysplasia_ossificans_prog...
- emilfihlman 8y agoJust biohack it back to normal...