HELL. YES. The only thing I would enjoy slaughtering more than zombies would have to be digimon, killer or not. I do have to admit, though, I'd feel terribly embarrassed when they finally got me...Patrick_and_the_ricks said:
*UPDATED*'Artificial life' breakthrough announced by scientists *VIDEO*
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ScienceNews FTW. I saw an article about that.Snotnarok said:
Reportedly 5 m/s. Thats what i heard. Sweeeet isn't it. I guess star wars laser blasters aren't so far fetched as we thought.
Not sure what's more scary. The prospect of a weaponised artificial super-virus, or that image in the OP.
MAKE IT GO AWAY IT'S STARING INTO MY SOUL
MAKE IT GO AWAY IT'S STARING INTO MY SOUL
We only defended our right to self determinate in the Morning War.Idlemessiah said:
We do not wish harm on the creator-race at this time.
Peaceful co-existence has a non-zero probability. We need more data to evaluate such a possibility further.
well to be fair, this isn't exactly cloning, but a synthetic copy. and also, cloning technology is already fairly developed and available, so much so that scientists have even said really any scientist/small laboratory could effectively afford/achieve cloning (so much so that there is worry of rogue scientists trying to create their own crimes against nature)Julianking93 said:Well that's pretty fucking cool. Just one more step to cloning and the inevitable future depicted in The Sixth Day.
That and I like how the professor has the same name as me
on topic, i think the benefits of this breakthrough are astronomical, but at the same time, the dangers are just as great, if not greater
To what end ?Harrowdown said:
What point is there to moving forward when you don't know what you're moving towards ?
Perverting the natural order of the world for no reason other then to perpetuate this meaningless endevour, hoping that in the end we'll have some justification for our actions ?
Blindly stumbling along without any foresight doesn't help anyone.
*Facepalm*
Another day, another good discovery by scientists, about to be turned into a dangerous cash cow.
Seriously, the only way they think this is meant for the public, is that it's already been used in some form of atrocities, we'll probably never hear about.
Another day, another good discovery by scientists, about to be turned into a dangerous cash cow.
Seriously, the only way they think this is meant for the public, is that it's already been used in some form of atrocities, we'll probably never hear about.
If they need a human test subject: sign me up
I am aware of the risk this new tech has, but man, this is awesome.
Somehow this reminds me of [PROTOTYPE] which just makes this more awesome.
Fuck God, let's become one ourselves! (at least we carry responsibility)
I am aware of the risk this new tech has, but man, this is awesome.
Somehow this reminds me of [PROTOTYPE] which just makes this more awesome.
Fuck God, let's become one ourselves! (at least we carry responsibility)
This I know, but they were never able to successfully create human DNA, but with this, it's one step closer.tthor said:well to be fair, this isn't exactly cloning, but just a synthetic copy. and also, cloning technology is already fairly developed and available, so much so that scientists have even said really any scientist/small laboratory could effectively afford/achieve cloning (so much so that there is worry of rogue scientists trying to create their own crimes against nature)Julianking93 said:Well that's pretty fucking cool. Just one more step to cloning and the inevitable future depicted in The Sixth Day.
That and I like how the professor has the same name as me
on topic, i think the benefits of this breakthrough are astronomical, but at the same time, the dangers are just as great, if not greater
Also, the part about the renegade scientists making their own creatures just reminded me of that upcoming movie Splice which I think will be fucking awesome
Right now this is good... artificial cells could have a lot of uses... And I think this artifical life is a bit cooler than the usual robots/programs become self aware wishy washy ideas...
However... In the future this might just lead to our downfall...
I just hope I'm around to see it...
However... In the future this might just lead to our downfall...
I just hope I'm around to see it...
really? huh, i thought cloning human beings was about as simple as cloning sheep, (tho i might have just assumed that,)Julianking93 said:This I know, but they were never able to successfully create human DNA, but with this, it's one step closer.tthor said:well to be fair, this isn't exactly cloning, but just a synthetic copy. and also, cloning technology is already fairly developed and available, so much so that scientists have even said really any scientist/small laboratory could effectively afford/achieve cloning (so much so that there is worry of rogue scientists trying to create their own crimes against nature)Julianking93 said:Well that's pretty fucking cool. Just one more step to cloning and the inevitable future depicted in The Sixth Day.
That and I like how the professor has the same name as me
on topic, i think the benefits of this breakthrough are astronomical, but at the same time, the dangers are just as great, if not greater
Also, the part about the renegade scientists making their own creatures just reminded me of that upcoming movie Splice which I think will be fucking awesome
and which is awesome, Splice, or creating freaky mutants? splice looks good, tho the idea of scientists creating genetically altered creatures kinda scares me, especially since it is almost certain a reality at this very moment somewhere,
If you read my post again, you might notice the four examples that I gave for the benefits of the technology. Biofuel is a clean alternative to fossil fuels, so being able to mass produce it with synthetically developed organisms is quite clearly a good thing, as is the removal of CO2 from the atmosphere. That can be done by developing organisms that absorb it. That's two excellent examples already, or are you one of these that cries "hoax" whenever someone mentions climate change? The other two examples given could advance medical science greatly. If human life isn't a good enough justification for scientific research, then you might as well start rubbing herbs on your tumours and start praying to Imhotep.magicmonkeybars said:
Does anyone else see my argument here? Honestly, I don't know if this guy is ignorant or if i'm not explaining it right.
Well we eat sliced life form pretty much everyday... that's pretty much what OGM are... But doing it to animal life form is still a long shottthor said:really? huh, i thought cloning human beings was about as simple as cloning sheep, (tho i might have just assumed that,)Julianking93 said:This I know, but they were never able to successfully create human DNA, but with this, it's one step closer.tthor said:well to be fair, this isn't exactly cloning, but just a synthetic copy. and also, cloning technology is already fairly developed and available, so much so that scientists have even said really any scientist/small laboratory could effectively afford/achieve cloning (so much so that there is worry of rogue scientists trying to create their own crimes against nature)Julianking93 said:Well that's pretty fucking cool. Just one more step to cloning and the inevitable future depicted in The Sixth Day.
That and I like how the professor has the same name as me
on topic, i think the benefits of this breakthrough are astronomical, but at the same time, the dangers are just as great, if not greater
Also, the part about the renegade scientists making their own creatures just reminded me of that upcoming movie Splice which I think will be fucking awesome
and which is awesome, Splice, or creating freaky mutants? splice looks good, tho the idea of scientists creating genetically altered creatures kinda scares me, especially since it is almost certain a reality at this very moment somewhere,