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CmdrTaco
on from the this-is-just-swell dept.
jrrl writes "USAToday is reporting that Craig Venter's research group has synthesized a virus from scratch and that it "became bioactive" (started reproducing). Particularly interesting is that it only took them two weeks to build, rather than several years that previous attempts had taken."
Aids and flu happens naturally, it is not created by man. It may or may not be more or less dangerous than any virus created by man. But, that does not mean that when creating something that is potentially dangerous you need to be very very careful, since you do have control over the creation.
Just because natural fires occur in the forest, it does not mean that we should not put out our own camp fires.
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Aids and flu happens naturally, it is not created by man. It may or may not be more or less dangerous than any virus created by man. But, that does not mean that when creating something that is potentially dangerous you need to be very very careful, since you do have control over the creation.
Just because natural fires occur in the forest, it does not mean that we should not put out our own camp fires.
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