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On May 22 2010 02:50 Chriamon wrote:
I recall seeing some guy talking about this (discovery channel) a while back. He was specifically talking about the absorbing of greenhouse gasses, and that if such a bacteria were to be created, it would solve most of the current global warming problems. A bacteria could be created, and released into the ocean that would absorb excess CO2, and once absorbed, the bacteria would sink to the bottom of the ocean, ridding our atmosphere of a lot of it. Pretty neat stuff.
And then proceed to turn into godzilla and wipe out human race.
Furthermore, it seems like all we invent is intended to somehow making sustainable an already unsustainable attitude torwards life. Instead of playing mad scientist and making shit like this we could also try to reevaluate our way of life.
Just throwing it out there.
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Imagine if they created a bacteria with good intentions that ended up being the key to the end of all life on earth. Kinda like what happened to the aliens in War of the Worlds, although that was just natural bacteria.
Could happen though.
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what about terraforming mars via synthetic micro organisms ;o
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the synthetic bacterium made me do it
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bring back the dinosaurs! I want sam neil to help me escape an island inhabited by dinosaurs <3
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Didn't anyone watch Terminator, or read Prey? If Sci-Fi has shown anything, it's that these things go wild when we create them.. Not a good idea, imo.
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or heal damaged brain/heart/liver cells
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Weren't the Zerg synthetic creatures that went horribly out of control?
This is why these scientist guys need to watch old replays of sAviOr vs Oov.
Let them know just how out of hand this shit can get.
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Before someone thinks about turning this into a biological weapon of some sort, please do know that we can already create potent biological weapons WITHOUT using this technology.
Like most lab-bateria, they are genetically engineered such that they cannot grow outside of labs. The concept behind this is very simple - these species typically have major functional genes knocked out so they cannot live outside of the specifically controlled lab environment. Therefore, even when accidentally released outside, they will be dead within minutes to hours - not enough time for them to mutate into anything remotely dangerous.
In summary, these things won't turn "rogue" because they will die a lot sooner before they have the slightest chance to change.
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On May 22 2010 05:19 illu wrote:
Before someone thinks about turning this into a biological weapon of some sort, please do know that we can already create potent biological weapons WITHOUT using this technology.
Its the American way... why settle for just Killing people, when you can figure out how to kill MORE people. It's really just hard work to try to save your tax dollars and make them more efficient :D
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i saw this too
i feel bad for people that were doing similar projects
they didn't get to be first, although this will definitely open up a lot of new, exciting research
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This would be great in helping create vaccines and such.
Science fiction comes to life!
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On May 22 2010 02:52 years wrote:
And then proceed to turn into godzilla and wipe out human race.
Furthermore, it seems like all we invent is intended to somehow making sustainable an already unsustainable attitude torwards life. Instead of playing mad scientist and making shit like this we could also try to reevaluate our way of life.
Just throwing it out there.
It's not really scientists' job, is it? It's the general population's problem, which in most countries means the parliament's problem. Science finds new things, people don't screw new things up, everything works out. Obviously there's an obstacle somewhere along the line.
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If this leads to the zombie apocalypse I can't wait. I will survive. The facebook test told me so.
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Cool stuff, I like how this comes out just as the previews for Splice come out... Coincidence? I think not!
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On May 22 2010 02:52 L wrote:Show nested quote +On May 22 2010 02:50 Chriamon wrote:
A bacteria could be created, and released into the ocean that would absorb excess CO2, and once absorbed, the bacteria would sink to the bottom of the ocean, ridding our atmosphere of a lot of it. Pretty neat stuff. Yeah, lets reinvent algae and then have it bloom everywhere.
Its not just algae, its super algae, with the potential to sink all usable biomass to the bottom of the ocean!!
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I have a bad feeling about this... Just imagine the huge potential for harm this has. Somebody could easily create some sort of death virus, a whole new level of biological weapons.
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On May 22 2010 02:52 years wrote:Show nested quote +On May 22 2010 02:50 Chriamon wrote:
I recall seeing some guy talking about this (discovery channel) a while back. He was specifically talking about the absorbing of greenhouse gasses, and that if such a bacteria were to be created, it would solve most of the current global warming problems. A bacteria could be created, and released into the ocean that would absorb excess CO2, and once absorbed, the bacteria would sink to the bottom of the ocean, ridding our atmosphere of a lot of it. Pretty neat stuff. And then proceed to turn into godzilla and wipe out human race. Furthermore, it seems like all we invent is intended to somehow making sustainable an already unsustainable attitude torwards life. Instead of playing mad scientist and making shit like this we could also try to reevaluate our way of life. Just throwing it out there.
wow, thank you for throwing your wisdom out there
you should email this to all the leaders of our world, once they read your cutting edge brilliant insight they will surely make the world a better place
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On May 22 2010 07:00 Fulgrim wrote:
I have a bad feeling about this... Just imagine the huge potential for harm this has. Somebody could easily create some sort of death virus, a whole new level of biological weapons.
welcome to 1982, when this was a large concern:
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I don't understand why this would be something to be worried about. The united states alone could literally destroy all life on earth in a matter of hours. Why would that be more harmful then instant vaporization of the planet? lol
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Pretty Cool stuff.
Super fast growing bacteria that are "programmed" to absorb nutrition? You could end would hunger with that.
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