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Artificial Life May Be Possible Within Ten Years
CapedOpossum writes "According to an article from a few weeks back on CNN, researchers in the field of genetics and biology think that we may be able to artificially create life within the next decade. From the article: 'Around the world, a handful of scientists are trying to create life from scratch and they're getting closer. Experts expect an announcement within three to 10 years from someone in the now little-known field of 'wet artificial life. "It's going to be a big deal and everybody's going to know about it," said Mark Bedau, chief operating officer of ProtoLife of Venice, Italy, one of those in the race. Bedau said there are legitimate worries about creating life that could run amok, but there are ways of addressing it, and it will be a very long time before that is a problem.'"
That's only 9 months of manufacturing, it took over a billion years of R&D to flesh out the design
It took less than a day, if you're a member of the mindless horde of Americans who adhere to fundamentalist christianity.
At least artificial life will know that they have no god.
We don't believe in radical loony monotheistic religions from the middle east -- we're Christians.
You have to realize, the sole purpose for the existence of a religious fanatic is to spread their fanaticism, in any lying, cheating, or stealing way possible. That means they'll be delighted when they have an excuse to claim intelligence is necessary for design (even those this wouldn't show that at all). They'll be appalled by the creation of such things, but once one is created that's all they need to start distorting the facts as usual.