Hey, we don't know how this works, so let's tinker with it. What could go wrong?
1 posted on
08/01/2018 5:09:32 PM PDT by
aimhigh
To: aimhigh
There’s a fern with 1260 chromosomes!
I did not know that.
I thought the most genetically complex plant was the orchid.
On the other hand I was taught that one of the simplest plants was the cannabis plant, but I admit to bias.
2 posted on
08/01/2018 5:13:49 PM PDT by
T-Bone Texan
(I posit that there IS something left worth fighting for.)
To: aimhigh
Yeast is yeast and west is west and never the twain shall meet...
3 posted on
08/01/2018 5:14:22 PM PDT by
null and void
(Equality is important, but quality is paramount.)
To: aimhigh
I share your concerns, but.... like so many other elements of change in the new technologies that are emerging, it’s not a matter of liking it or disliking it, but accepting that it is out there, and competitors or antagonists will exploit it, whether we like it or not. So we need to master it and keep on top of what the Chinese, the Russians, the Indians, the Iranians, etc. are doing with it.
To: aimhigh
What do you expect from commies who deny God’s existence even when the proof thereof is staring them in the face?
5 posted on
08/01/2018 5:15:23 PM PDT by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: aimhigh
It isn’t nuclear war we should worry about its guy’s in clean labs.
6 posted on
08/01/2018 5:17:18 PM PDT by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
That’s just the way it is. And no one is quite sure why. …
If that is the way it is, there is a Being who made it that way. And if He did not feel the need to reveal why at this time, that is another test of faith.
The big one: Do we really need so many chromosomes? That’s what Zhogjun Qin and colleagues at the Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology in Shanghai wanted to know. …
And why should the Author of DNA and chromosomes reveal why to those that deny His existence?
It clearly is not good enough for such people (loosely called) to see that things go awry in both Down and Turner Syndromes (one extra and one fewer chromosome respectively).
And while we are at it, let us speculate what would have happened if those building the Tower of Babel were permitted to complete it.
7 posted on
08/01/2018 5:19:57 PM PDT by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: aimhigh
This is not going to end well....
11 posted on
08/01/2018 5:26:39 PM PDT by
PTBAA
To: aimhigh
12 posted on
08/01/2018 5:27:44 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: aimhigh
The demise of our species will be due to a “laboratory curiosity” gone wild.
13 posted on
08/01/2018 5:28:29 PM PDT by
SpaceBar
To: aimhigh
What could possibly go wrong?
To: aimhigh
What could go wrong?
...
Don’t you trust the Chinese to be safe?
20 posted on
08/01/2018 5:40:54 PM PDT by
Moonman62
(Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
To: aimhigh
“Hey, we don’t know how this works, so let’s tinker with it. What could go wrong? “
And while we’re at it, let’s see if we can somehow connect it to a computer chip. With wifi and 5G and that kind of stuff. Then we’d really be cooking!
21 posted on
08/01/2018 5:43:12 PM PDT by
VanShuyten
("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
To: aimhigh
Can’t leaven well enough alone.
To: aimhigh
The big one: Do we really need so many chromosomes?You don't miss the water 'til the well runs dry.
23 posted on
08/01/2018 5:47:46 PM PDT by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
To: aimhigh
#1:
"Hey, we don't know how this works, so let's tinker with it. What could go wrong? " Yeah. It's really stupid and scary for these clowns to be messing around "creating" new species. Yeast is vital to our food and pharmaceutical industries, and of course beer and wine. They don't even have a clue what they are doing yet the potential damage is catastrophic.
24 posted on
08/01/2018 5:55:00 PM PDT by
Governor Dinwiddie
(MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
To: aimhigh
Two marvels of modern science:
The Rock, and George the CRISPR gorilla:
25 posted on
08/01/2018 6:09:09 PM PDT by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
To: Al
CRISPR?
Sounds like some machine they would have in the kitchen of Popeyes or KFC or Church’s.
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