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I am convinced that people are dramatically underestimating the explosive progress that is going on in basic life science right now. Our ability to understand a
by ef4 11y ago
I am convinced that people are dramatically underestimating the explosive progress that is going on in basic life science right now. Our ability to understand and manipulate biology is accelerating tremendously.
There is always a lag between the science and the applications, but I expect to live to see revolutions in medicine and biological engineering.
- transfire 11y agoIt may be more likely that we live to see the rise of Grey Goo.
- ef4 11y agoI suspect that if it was easy to accidentally make Grey Goo evolution already would have done it. Or more accurately, evolution already did, and we are the Grey Goo's descendants.
- Terr_ 11y agoExactly: Any "successful" gray-too is going to require us to equip it with some novel techniques or biochemistry... I'd worry much more about us leaking a trait that existing bacteria could transfer horizontally.