Synthetic Life In The Lab

niktesla writes "Scientific American is carrying a story about sythetic life - genetic engineered "machines" made from DNA building blocks called "BioBricks". The goal is to produce a library of building blocks that can be assembled to give predictable results. Reminds me of the technology behind Blade Runner's replicants."

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Re:End of death

[servognome]

If you are still alive, and an exact copy of you is made (mind and body). Is that you or a copy of you? Now I distroy the original. Have I killed you or not? Your copy still lives, but you're dead, neh?
You will be sued by the RIAA for making illegal copies of thier copyrighted music (your brain is a music storage device). When you destroy the original you will then be sued for destroying evidence.