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Scientists Creating Life From Scratch

Posted by samzenpus on from the bring-me-a-brain-igor dept.

Rubberbando writes "MSNBC is running a story about bioengineering organisms to do specific tasks such as produce hydrogen or ethenol. It also goes into the risks and ethical issues of playing with this sort of science. Some of the scientists involved are saying it's more of an art instead of a science due to its 'biohacking' style of experimentation."

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  1. Definetly Intelligent Design by TheCeltic · · Score: 0, Troll

    Definetly Intelligent Design.. The other "method" (Theory) has yet to be proven AND seems too slow (if it was to work)...

    "So a new breed of biologists is attempting to bring order to the hit-and-miss chaos of genetic engineering by bringing to biotechnology the same engineering strategies used to build computers, bridges and buildings."

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  2. Re:Becoming a god by argStyopa · · Score: 0, Troll

    And that's a particularly good exercise of the ID method: miss the point, ignore the facts, and instead make a snide ad hominem attack.

    Good for you! Keep that mind closed up tight!

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