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Scientists around world in race to create artificial life (announcement expected in 3-10 years)
The Times of India / AP ^ | August 20, 2007

Posted on 08/20/2007 12:19:19 AM PDT by Stoat

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To: Stoat

[ “wet artificial life.” ]

Sorry, you mad scientists, but it’s already been created in the form of the democrat party.


21 posted on 08/20/2007 4:06:08 AM PDT by RetSignman (DEMSM: "If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth")
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If one thinks of life as self replicating information, it already has been done: The computer virus. An accidental but intelligent design form of life
22 posted on 08/20/2007 4:17:23 AM PDT by Nateman
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“”We aren’t smart enough to design things, we just let evolution do the hard work and then we figure out what happened,” Szostak said.”

So what happens when they release some monster that ends up having unexpected consequences. Do they just claim it was a learning experience? Say they ‘make’ something that kills bugs in crops. Instead it starts eating crops and soon we have no wheat. What kinda freak egomaniacs are these clowns?


23 posted on 08/20/2007 4:18:13 AM PDT by driftdiver
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Makes me think of movies like “28 Days Later”.


24 posted on 08/20/2007 4:24:28 AM PDT by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: Candor7

I think this is kinda funny because scientists claim that all the wonderous things we have (from our eyeballs to the Universe) came about as a result of chance...yet they have to work hard and steady to produce something like this...


25 posted on 08/20/2007 6:50:17 AM PDT by freepertoo
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Men presume to be gods. But then who can blame them for wanting to life as long as Moses did. It has been done before.
26 posted on 08/20/2007 8:02:01 AM PDT by Candor7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baghdad_(1258))
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To: Darkwolf377

“Experts expect an announcement within three to 10 years”Nothing like a precise time frame.

Hopefully, they’re holding their breaths.


27 posted on 08/20/2007 8:05:11 AM PDT by Tex Pete
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The secret is not in the DNA but the cell walls, which would include the walls of any interior substructures. If they are intending to make simple cell walls out of a simple compound they will not make much progress. Their first cell should be a kind of ribosome.


28 posted on 08/20/2007 8:10:44 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
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