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There’s no chance a kit in a basement can produce a biological weapon that will be successful.
by NetMageSCW 8mo ago
There’s no chance a kit in a basement can produce a biological weapon that will be successful.
- LorenPechtel 8mo agoOh? A lot of the old-style genetic coders got dumped on the market cheap. The sort of stuff a microbiologist could use to synthesize smallpox. The technique has been demonstrated, although on a harmless virus. The market has shifted to outsourcing to big companies (who carefully check every order against known dangers) that have much higher capital costs but much lower per-letter costs, but that didn't invalidate the old lab bench techniques.
- denkmoon 8mo agoSeeing what people can do with a home made wet lab on youtube, I’m not so sure
- runjake 8mo agoYou’ve got me curious. Examples?
- denkmoon 8mo agoThought Emporium is basically wizardry to me, https://youtube.com/@thethoughtemporium https://youtube.com/@thethoughtemporium
- subscribed 8mo agoOMG, thank you so much. I watch Nile's wizardry with awe and joy, and this will be another level. Thank you
- runjake 8mo agoThank you for responding. This is so cool.
- M95D 8mo ago> a biological weapon that will be successful I think he meant one of these: 1) Biological agent, but not meant to be a weapon. 2) A biological weapon, but one that fails catastrophically.
- esseph 8mo agoOh yeah? https://theconversation.com/an-illegal-bioweapons-lab-was-found-in-a-las-vegas-garage-its-a-warning-for-australia-275564 https://theconversation.com/an-illegal-bioweapons-lab-was-fo... https://abc30.com/post/illegal-reedley-biolab-connected-lab-found-las-vegas-home-authorities-say/18529460/ https://abc30.com/post/illegal-reedley-biolab-connected-lab-... Here's a paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17154 https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17154