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I understand the risk of mirror life i.e. mitochondrion that eat mirror sugar molecules. But I think that mirror chloroplast, that make mirror (beta) sugar ins
by reafev 2mo ago
I understand the risk of mirror life i.e. mitochondrion that eat mirror sugar molecules.
But I think that mirror chloroplast, that make mirror (beta) sugar inside regular planet cells can be a good way to fix carbon, without any way to free the co2 back besides fire.
What's the danger in that?
- alephnerd 2mo agoThe danger is that (to quote Jurassic Park) "life always finds a way", and the risks are massive. A good example of the risks of mirror chirality is thalidomide - thalidomide has two enantiomers (one that provides sedative and anti-nausea effects and another that causes the infamous thalidomide birth defects) which the human body naturally flip-flops when administered. The risk to reward ratio is negatively misaligned (edited) when factoring the catastrophic risks and how easy it would be to weaponize (either on purpose or inadvertently).
- eventualcomp 2mo agoNo such thing as a too-low risk to reward ratio. That's basically free rewards.
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- orborde 2mo agoMirror chloroplasts do not seem very risky, but the ability to create them is probably close to equivalent to the ability to create whole mirror bacteria/algae, so figuring out how to make mirror chloroplasts is a very risky line of research best refrained from.