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minus-squareMerlu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down3·2 months ago“Gattaca” and “Brave new world” are becoming reality.
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down2·2 months agoCRISPR is the uranium of biology. Could use it to make cheap, reliable, clean energy, or could use it to make nukes.
minus-squareMerlu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoToo bad history has showed us that when a new technology appears, bad uses of it tends to become the norm.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoDark Angel doesn’t seem too far fetched now, but seemed impossible in my lifetime when it aired.
“Gattaca” and “Brave new world” are becoming reality.
CRISPR is the uranium of biology. Could use it to make cheap, reliable, clean energy, or could use it to make nukes.
Too bad history has showed us that when a new technology appears, bad uses of it tends to become the norm.
Dark Angel doesn’t seem too far fetched now, but seemed impossible in my lifetime when it aired.