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Judging from the number of decades it's taken for organisms that reproduce on the order of hourly/daily to develop that capacity, I wouldn't hold my breath. We
by klyrs 4y ago
Judging from the number of decades it's taken for organisms that reproduce on the order of hourly/daily to develop that capacity, I wouldn't hold my breath. We haven't even evolved the ability to digest wood, after all. But, we are cyborgs. One could imagine a probiotic treatment to introduce plastic-digesting bacteria to our gut flora within a decade.
- andrewmcwatters 4y agoA lot of kids eat paper. Maybe we'll get somewhere on that front one day. :)