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I mean all we need now is to find out how to make a prion that forms TDPs so we can glue it to the outside of COVID-19 in some twisted gain of function research

I mean all we need now is to find out how to make a prion that forms TDPs so we can glue it to the outside of COVID-19 in some twisted gain of function research.

noduerme 4y ago
This is such a sad exemplar of where we've gone as a technological society. Thirty years ago, you could have suggested releasing a virus that destroyed cancer, and people would have cheered.
- Guthur 4y ago
  And after 30 years many of us have seen enough corporate propaganda to weary of any so called technological promises.
- animal531 4y ago
  I think people have just had to become a bit more realistic after having their eyes opened. Right now my imagination says that this virus might destroy cancer, but who knows what else it's going to do?
  - bboygravity 4y ago
    Clinical trials know what else it's going to do. This reasoning is like the fear of a some random TESTED C++ code destroying the internet, because "it might do things that you don't expect in the long run". Well yeah... it might... but...
- amelius 4y ago
  There is even a worse example: imagine a protein that locks onto pieces of DNA that are only present in people of a certain race, etc. The worst part is, we can stop building the foundations of this type of technology, but our geopolitical opponents will not.
  - jacquesm 4y ago
    > our geopolitical opponents Who are they?
    - TechBro8615 4y ago
      Pretty sure OP is referring to the Chinese.
      - FrustratedMonky 4y ago
        Australians. Argentina? Could be anybody.
        TechBro8615 4y ago
        Could be the NIH too, I suppose!
        tcmart14 4y ago
        I don't know. My neighbor has been acting pretty sketch lately...
  - xenophonf 4y ago
    > imagine a protein that locks onto pieces of DNA that are only present in people of a certain race The good news is that "race" is a social construct, not a genetic one. Very little genetic variation differentiates between groups of people, and the differences that exist do not map onto socially recognized categories of race. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajpa.23882 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajpa.23882 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1078311 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1078311 https://www.nature.com/articles/ng1438 https://www.nature.com/articles/ng1438 I can help you access the full text of all cited research if you can't get it through your library or employer.
    - scottLobster 4y ago
- barrysteve 4y ago
  We did globally coordinate and deploy a vaccine campaign with little spare time.
  - noduerme 4y ago
    which was the most technologically positive and futuristic thing that's happened in a long time. Thank you for stating it.

I mean all we need now is to find out how to make a prion that forms TDPs so we can glue it to the outside of COVID-19 in some twisted gain of function research.

noduerme 4y ago

This is such a sad exemplar of where we've gone as a technological society. Thirty years ago, you could have suggested releasing a virus that destroyed cancer, and people would have cheered.

Guthur 4y ago
And after 30 years many of us have seen enough corporate propaganda to weary of any so called technological promises.
animal531 4y ago
I think people have just had to become a bit more realistic after having their eyes opened. Right now my imagination says that this virus might destroy cancer, but who knows what else it's going to do?
- bboygravity 4y ago
  Clinical trials know what else it's going to do. This reasoning is like the fear of a some random TESTED C++ code destroying the internet, because "it might do things that you don't expect in the long run". Well yeah... it might... but...
amelius 4y ago
There is even a worse example: imagine a protein that locks onto pieces of DNA that are only present in people of a certain race, etc. The worst part is, we can stop building the foundations of this type of technology, but our geopolitical opponents will not.
- jacquesm 4y ago
  > our geopolitical opponents Who are they?
  - TechBro8615 4y ago
    Pretty sure OP is referring to the Chinese.
    - FrustratedMonky 4y ago
      Australians. Argentina? Could be anybody.
      - TechBro8615 4y ago
        Could be the NIH too, I suppose!
        tcmart14 4y ago
        I don't know. My neighbor has been acting pretty sketch lately...
- xenophonf 4y ago
  > imagine a protein that locks onto pieces of DNA that are only present in people of a certain race The good news is that "race" is a social construct, not a genetic one. Very little genetic variation differentiates between groups of people, and the differences that exist do not map onto socially recognized categories of race. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajpa.23882 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajpa.23882 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1078311 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1078311 https://www.nature.com/articles/ng1438 https://www.nature.com/articles/ng1438 I can help you access the full text of all cited research if you can't get it through your library or employer.
  - scottLobster 4y ago
barrysteve 4y ago
We did globally coordinate and deploy a vaccine campaign with little spare time.
- noduerme 4y ago
  which was the most technologically positive and futuristic thing that's happened in a long time. Thank you for stating it.