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All the predictions for the end of Mankind; AI, global warming, asteroids, etc. Wait till they weaponize this. ie Twelve Monkeys. Pick a racial trait of your en
by improof 7y ago
All the predictions for the end of Mankind; AI, global warming, asteroids, etc. Wait till they weaponize this. ie Twelve Monkeys. Pick a racial trait of your enemy, find its genetic expression and splice in whatever you want there in its stead. Perhaps just cut the chromosome there and leave the ends dangling. What are the odds this is being worked on already? Our science fiction overtakes us!
- new299 7y agoCRISPR gives us an editing mechanism. But you still need to deliver it to hosts. Perhaps via some kind of viral vector: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6356701/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6356701/ But... it's not clear to me that this will work. You'd have all kinds of issues with the viral population mutating. I'd guess the virus would in most cases not kill the host before their natural defenses kick it. Not really spreading in the population etc.