You're making a large (and frequently made) leap of faith here, from "communication" to "replication with successful mutation". There are several experiments in the field of mutating programs (look up Artificial Life in Google, for example), but to suggest that the mere ability of viruses to communicate with each other will automatically lead to "breeding" capability is a little far-fetched, to say the least.
I have to agree. Can't expect people to treat you
as being editorially independant (isn't that
what you claimed back when the Andover purchase
happened?) if you choose to pre-flame a company's
response. Sure, they may well be wrong, and they
may well be short of ideas, but that doesn't give
you the right to go and speak for the rest of us
in posting the article.
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You're making a large (and frequently made) leap of faith here, from "communication" to "replication with successful mutation". There are several experiments in the field of mutating programs (look up Artificial Life in Google, for example), but to suggest that the mere ability of viruses to communicate with each other will automatically lead to "breeding" capability is a little far-fetched, to say the least.
I have to agree. Can't expect people to treat you
as being editorially independant (isn't that
what you claimed back when the Andover purchase
happened?) if you choose to pre-flame a company's
response. Sure, they may well be wrong, and they
may well be short of ideas, but that doesn't give
you the right to go and speak for the rest of us
in posting the article.