[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

If they’re truly “creating” artificial life, I hope that they are starting with absolutely “nothing” and creating each atom and particle along the way. Otherwise, they are merely “synthesizing” or rearranging that which some other being “created.”

[Travis McGee]

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

That, like "artificial intelligence" will never happen. They will, however, make something that mimics life and then call it "artificial life", and they will go around saying that they created life.

[verity]

"...stirs deep fears..."

As did the horseless carriage.........;-)

[SalukiLawyer]

The big story of our time is the bizarre intersection of science and news where one craptastic flopped prediction after another by publicity-seeking scientists or newsies with column inches to fill. The scientismists need to worry about crackpot reporting undermining respect for rational thought, not Creationism or Intelligent Design.

The laziest story to write is "scientists closer to..." and real scientists should be embarrassed. Anyway, drop the whole creating life chimera and give me a TV remote that never needs batteries and can't be lost.

[Soothesayer]

We already have artificial life walking among us.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

... always love how when a scientist says he is going to create life he starts with God’s stuff. Really, start at the beginning with just words and thought to create matter.

If you’re going to worship yourself, prove yourself worthy!

[allmendream]

Where did they find this brain dead journalist.

Creating artificial life is in no way related to hatching humans out of artificial wombs like in “Brave New World”.

It would be a little fleck of replicating molecules in a test tube or petri dish, not a baby hatched out of machine, or a storm trooper clone or something.

Anyway, when and if they ever do create artificial life, it will just give testament to the grandeur of God's creation that all things were in place awaiting God's command for the oceans and the earth to bring forth life.

[mysterio]

I don’t think they can call it “creating” life. You can place new genetic material in an already living cell, but I have yet to see a procedure where they start with non-living material and “create” a living organism.

[RichInOC]

Real life. Accept no substitutes.