A new twist on life...
A new twist on life...
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this is fascinating, but kinda scary.
One of the principles of life on earth is its ability to break out of boundaries, mutate, and find a way to live and procreate. That being said, its very big headed (read:human) of us to think we can control these kinds of processes.
Think about what happens in instances when animals are introduced to ecosystems by people. Rabbits created a real problem for the aussies. And rabbits are a relatively harmless, naturally existing creature.
It scares me to think about the havoc an artificially produced microbe could wreak if it gets out of the lab and starts doing whatever it was made to do in a lab, but on a large, uncontrollable scale.