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US Scientist Creates Artificial Life
Joshocar writes "The sometimes-controversial US scientist Craig Venter has announced that he has created artificial life. Venter stated that it is 'a very important philosophical step in the history of our species ... We are going from reading our genetic code to the ability to write it. That gives us the hypothetical ability to do things never contemplated before.' In the lab, Venter was able to construct and write genetic code from laboratory chemicals. The next step is to insert this code into a cell, which has already been demonstrated in the past. This ability to write genetic code could result in new ways to combat global warming and new drugs, but it could also lead to new bio-weapons."
... saw that it was a "frist!" poster :(
So what exactly does 'Hello world' look like in DNA?
AGTCA
TCGCT "WORLD"
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Craig Venter is playing God! How dare he?!
Life can only be created by our Lord.
This is worse than stem cell research!
I'm calling George W. Bush about this tomorrow. Do you think the executive branch could put through to ban the creation of Life except by God? Those activist judges legislating form the bench might call it unconstitutional, but Justice Scalia has our back.
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So this is open source at it's best ...
He took the source for a bacterium, he forked it, and made a newer, cleaner version. He is about to start testing. His version does not yet actually do anything, but if all goes well it will be a great foundation for new and usefull stuff.
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I think a bigger challenge for scientists is for them to insert their DNA into a cell naturally made by women
as long as Spielberg doesn't make a movie about it.
Wrong hole. Biology fails you.
Microsoft Man 1.0 is too geeky. I'd call him Bob.
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
He followed a template from Mycoplasma genitalium . Venter calls his sexy little chimera Mycoplasma laboritorium. I, for one, feel suspicious about our new genital-disease-derived overlords.
whoosh!
Cool art gallery, if you're into that sort of thing.
No, we will create deadly killers to end the lawyer menace once and for all. I really mean it.
Well, just why do you think the scientists are so hell-bent on creating artificial life to their specifications, mechanical or biological ?
Forget magic. Any technology distinguishable from divine power is insufficiently advanced.
make: *** No rule to make target 'Godzilla!'. Stop.
You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.
Artificial Intelligent Design!
If you disagree with me on social issues, then it's pretty clear that you are a narrow-minded bigot.
In Soviet Russia, Life makes you!
Mod up someone who knows what they're talking about? You must be new here...
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One day a group of scientists got together and decided that man had come a long way and no longer needed God. So they picked one scientist to go and tell Him that they were done with Him.
The scientist walked up to God and said, "God, we've decided that we no longer need you. We're to the point that we can clone people and do many miraculous things, so why don't you just go on and get lost."
God listened very patiently and kindly to the man and after the scientist was done talking, God said, "Very well, how about this, let's say we have a man making contest." To which the scientist replied, "OK, great!"
But God added, "Now, we're going to do this just like I did back in the old days with Adam."
The scientist said, "Sure, no problem" and bent down and grabbed himself a handful of dirt.
God just looked at him and said, "No, no, no. You go get your own dirt!"
No offense, but I've stopped responding to AC's.
......genetic programming will do the same.......
So if humans do genetic programming, it's obviously designed. Otherwise it's random, mindless mutations, that just somehow happened over the course of billions of years. What useful code for computers has ever come about by any other means beside a human mind? So now human minds contemplate writing genetic code, yet those same human minds try to make themselves and the rest of us believe that the original genetic code did not originate in someone's mind, God's mind. Indeed, God expressing Himself through the Apostle Paul gives us His assessment in Chapter 1 of the Letter to the Romans:
"But they became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools"
In other news:
Along with the "Creation of Life" some other patents were issued recently for "Cold Fusion", "Anti-Gravity" and a "Time-Travel" device dubbed "Stargate". Patents are also pending for "Eternal Youth" and "Perpetual Motion".
All theory is gray
Soviet Russia? Is that you?
I wish God gave us a choice about whether or not we could obey physical laws. I think that would increase the sin/sinner ratio a bit too much though. I mean c'mon: though shalt not float freely above a body of large mass, though shalt not travel faster then light. Dude, those are totally asking to be broken and seem much more worth it then burning for sleeping in on Sunday.
A libertarian shat on my carpet once. Claimed the free market would sort it out. -Ford Prefect(8777)