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Imagine if Woz had to get a license to do what he did? I'm not really an expert on biohacking but it seems like you know a bit more... Let's say some nutjob b

by kirse 17y ago

Imagine if Woz had to get a license to do what he did? I'm not really an expert on biohacking but it seems like you know a bit more... Let's say some nutjob bio-hacker synthesizes a nasty little immuno-resistant organism... is it pretty easy to just "reformat" a human being and get them back on track should they get infected? Are there readily available anti-viral vaccines that we can just simply inject to prevent some sort of man-made viral outbreak? I've got no problem with bio-hacking so long as these biohackers have an easy way to "reformat" my system and quickly get me back to healthy living again.

biohacker42 17y ago
What you say is true, but like all imagine a super virus/bacterium/foot fungus scenarios it omits crucial information. The crucial information I am referring to is that the world you live in right now is chock full with nasty things doing their best to kill you. Every step you take, ever breath you take, you're living in an ocean of things which have been perfecting ways to harm you since before there were dinosaurs. They are not only trying to eat you alive, they are also viciously competing with each other, it's jungle out there. And that's why I'm not worried about home grown super Ebola. It's not that it isn't possible it's just that it's like one more bullet in a machine gun fight. Yes, that could be THE bullet that kills you, but it's not like you're living in a germ free world.
- randallsquared 17y ago
  And that's why I'm not worried about home grown super Ebola. It's not that it isn't possible it's just that it's like one more bullet in a machine gun fight. I, for one, hadn't thought about it in quite that way, before.
- jibiki 17y ago
  > the world you live in right now is chock full with nasty things doing their best to kill you. Really? For some reason, internet people are always talking about coevolution and not killing the host and all that. I'd assume you know better since you're an actual biologist, but it is still surprising...
  - biohacker42 17y ago
    Really. Staphylococcus aureus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylococcus_aureus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylococcus_aureus is most commonly found up your nose and on your skin. And by on I mean deep inside the grooves, it's practically impossible to wash it away. It's what turns your boogers yellow. It's also the one most commonly responsible for infections, when you cut yourself. Or someone else like a surgeon cuts into you. It is also most commonly resistant to multiple antibiotics. It's on us all the time, we take a lot of pills, it adapts. If you have the multiply resistant strain and you go into major surgery, may God have mercy on your soul. Also I'm not a biologist, I just write research software for chemists and biologists.
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by kirse 17y ago

biohacker42 17y ago

What you say is true, but like all imagine a super virus/bacterium/foot fungus scenarios it omits crucial information. The crucial information I am referring to is that the world you live in right now is chock full with nasty things doing their best to kill you. Every step you take, ever breath you take, you're living in an ocean of things which have been perfecting ways to harm you since before there were dinosaurs. They are not only trying to eat you alive, they are also viciously competing with each other, it's jungle out there. And that's why I'm not worried about home grown super Ebola. It's not that it isn't possible it's just that it's like one more bullet in a machine gun fight. Yes, that could be THE bullet that kills you, but it's not like you're living in a germ free world.

randallsquared 17y ago
And that's why I'm not worried about home grown super Ebola. It's not that it isn't possible it's just that it's like one more bullet in a machine gun fight. I, for one, hadn't thought about it in quite that way, before.
jibiki 17y ago
> the world you live in right now is chock full with nasty things doing their best to kill you. Really? For some reason, internet people are always talking about coevolution and not killing the host and all that. I'd assume you know better since you're an actual biologist, but it is still surprising...
- biohacker42 17y ago
  Really. Staphylococcus aureus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylococcus_aureus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylococcus_aureus is most commonly found up your nose and on your skin. And by on I mean deep inside the grooves, it's practically impossible to wash it away. It's what turns your boogers yellow. It's also the one most commonly responsible for infections, when you cut yourself. Or someone else like a surgeon cuts into you. It is also most commonly resistant to multiple antibiotics. It's on us all the time, we take a lot of pills, it adapts. If you have the multiply resistant strain and you go into major surgery, may God have mercy on your soul. Also I'm not a biologist, I just write research software for chemists and biologists.
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