Posted on 01/01/2016 5:14:05 AM PST by WhiskeyX
Good post.
“On a geological time scale, of course, meaning anytime now in the next few million years.”
It may be as little as a few years or decades. They are already producing self replicating organic systems that are the key to RNA and DNA. See for one example:
Chemists edge closer to recreating early life
09 January 2009
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/January/09010901.asp
Scientists Create First Synthetic Cell
An organism controlled by completely manmade DNA can grow and reproduce.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRzrYNVXF28
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