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I want this mutation. You have little nano-crawlers going up and down your DNA strands fixing problems. It’s like ECC RAM for the essence of YOU. And you’re bas

I want this mutation. You have little nano-crawlers going up and down your DNA strands fixing problems. It’s like ECC RAM for the essence of YOU. And you’re basically immune to cancer.

dotancohen 2mo ago
That is not how spores work.
- Andrex 2mo ago
  Let the man dream (and possibly write interesting scifi about it).
- cobbzilla 2mo ago
  It is in fact how Deinococcus radiodurans works: Deinococcus radiodurans has a unique quality in which it can repair both single- and double-stranded DNA. When damage is apparent to the cell, it brings the damaged DNA into a compartmental ring-like structure where the DNA is repaired, and then is able to fuse the nucleoids from the outside of the compartment with the damaged DNA.
  - 6177c40f 2mo ago
    However, to bring it full circle, Deinococcus radiodurans does not form spores!
    - throwuxiytayq 2mo ago
      That’s fine, I’d be content with having just the DNA repair nanobots, I don’t need to form spores.
      - 6177c40f 2mo ago
        Suit yourself, I often wish I could form spores, desiccate, and rehydrate at a more appealing time.
        defrost 2mo ago
        Well, photophosphorylate me all night long ~ Mae West, Little Shop of Horrors, Broadway (1958)
neonstatic 2mo ago
> It’s like ECC RAM for the essence of YOU Buddha would like a word with you
- linker3000 2mo ago
  So if, say, you were completely irradiated - every atom of your being - and fully repaired, would you still be 'you'? /Is that a transporter energizing I hear?
  - neonstatic 2mo ago
    A buddhist would tell you that a person is not an object, but a process, that consists of 5 aggregates, of which only one is the body. So the objection here is to the use of the word 'you'.
    - cobbzilla 2mo ago
      it’s a loose usage. necessary but not sufficient type of thing. if all your DNA instantly disintegrated, the process ends quickly, you are not you in many senses of the word. to preserve the artifact of DNA is to ensure (some of) the process continues uninterrupted; at least a few major failure modes of “the end of you” are mitigated. but gotta love me some Buddhist pedantry y’all can spar with the best
      - neonstatic 2mo ago
        > “the end of you” Then I will entertain you with another Buddhist objection - there is also no "end" since the conditioned "you" exists in the beginningless, endless cycle of samsara, while the unconditioned you (Nibbana) is unborn, unbecome, unmade, unfabricated.
        cobbzilla 2mo ago
        > but gotta love me some Buddhist pedantry y’all can spar with the best above comment == Q.E.D.

I want this mutation. You have little nano-crawlers going up and down your DNA strands fixing problems. It’s like ECC RAM for the essence of YOU. And you’re basically immune to cancer.

dotancohen 2mo ago

That is not how spores work.

Andrex 2mo ago
Let the man dream (and possibly write interesting scifi about it).
cobbzilla 2mo ago
It is in fact how Deinococcus radiodurans works: Deinococcus radiodurans has a unique quality in which it can repair both single- and double-stranded DNA. When damage is apparent to the cell, it brings the damaged DNA into a compartmental ring-like structure where the DNA is repaired, and then is able to fuse the nucleoids from the outside of the compartment with the damaged DNA.
- 6177c40f 2mo ago
  However, to bring it full circle, Deinococcus radiodurans does not form spores!
  - throwuxiytayq 2mo ago
    That’s fine, I’d be content with having just the DNA repair nanobots, I don’t need to form spores.
    - 6177c40f 2mo ago
      Suit yourself, I often wish I could form spores, desiccate, and rehydrate at a more appealing time.
      - defrost 2mo ago
        Well, photophosphorylate me all night long ~ Mae West, Little Shop of Horrors, Broadway (1958)

neonstatic 2mo ago

> It’s like ECC RAM for the essence of YOU Buddha would like a word with you

linker3000 2mo ago
So if, say, you were completely irradiated - every atom of your being - and fully repaired, would you still be 'you'? /Is that a transporter energizing I hear?
- neonstatic 2mo ago
  A buddhist would tell you that a person is not an object, but a process, that consists of 5 aggregates, of which only one is the body. So the objection here is to the use of the word 'you'.
  - cobbzilla 2mo ago
    it’s a loose usage. necessary but not sufficient type of thing. if all your DNA instantly disintegrated, the process ends quickly, you are not you in many senses of the word. to preserve the artifact of DNA is to ensure (some of) the process continues uninterrupted; at least a few major failure modes of “the end of you” are mitigated. but gotta love me some Buddhist pedantry y’all can spar with the best
    - neonstatic 2mo ago
      > “the end of you” Then I will entertain you with another Buddhist objection - there is also no "end" since the conditioned "you" exists in the beginningless, endless cycle of samsara, while the unconditioned you (Nibbana) is unborn, unbecome, unmade, unfabricated.
      - cobbzilla 2mo ago
        > but gotta love me some Buddhist pedantry y’all can spar with the best above comment == Q.E.D.