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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 12 2007, 11:04 AM (280 Views) | |
| Deleted User | Oct 11 2007, 05:19 PM Post #1 |
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Paper Ship It was the sweetest note I ever wrote Hid it in a bottom drawer Where it stayed for many years Never meant to see the world It spoke of love & regret Of friends I've had & those not met Of dreams that I would one day catch Of hope & pain & self-clonflicts A girl I cared for at thirteen While love was new, just blossoming And all the years that came before Black & blue, my head was sore Things that I'd seen on T.V. The news had got me wondering The daunting task of growing up For all at times it seems too much Traveling backwards through the times Then running forward, crossing lines Catching up now -- here I come To get to the start of where I begun Mom & Dad, 3 brothers, sis The thought too much to think they'd miss My "good-bye's" on paper now Twenty-seven years and I've never gone down Cause I am not a sinking ship |
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| GreatWhiteHorse | Oct 12 2007, 11:04 AM Post #2 |
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I am creating artificial life, declares US gene pioneer Craig Venter, the controversial DNA researcher involved in the race to decipher the human genetic code, has built a synthetic chromosome out of laboratory chemicals and is poised to announce the creation of the first new artificial life form on Earth. The announcement, which is expected within weeks and could come as early as Monday at the annual meeting of his scientific institute in San Diego, California, will herald a giant leap forward in the development of designer genomes. It is certain to provoke heated debate about the ethics of creating new species and could unlock the door to new energy sources and techniques to combat global warming. Mr Venter told the Guardian he thought this landmark would be "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". Source Article hmmm...very interesting. Sounds rather boastful, but if it IS true, than I smell a backlash of epic proportions. Is it wrong to create artificial species? What if it is bacteria that, as the article says, eats carbon dioxide or produces medicinal ingredients? |
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| Parth | Oct 12 2007, 01:13 PM Post #3 |
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Wow... then... artificial life is to... unethical. |
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| lanaia74 | Oct 12 2007, 09:51 PM Post #4 |
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Amazing! Exceptional work!
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| Melanie | Oct 13 2007, 02:31 AM Post #5 |
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I really liked that one babe ! |
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| Melanie | Oct 18 2007, 07:02 AM Post #6 |
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I'm not sure how I feel about this... I need to ponder on it some more! |
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| Darknight | Oct 18 2007, 12:04 PM Post #7 |
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I wouldn't necessarly consider artificial life wrong or look down upon it. Just this little thread if its true or not shows the potential of man kinds capablities. |
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| Isis | Nov 18 2007, 06:15 PM Post #8 |
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I really don't think i agree with messing with Mother nature myself.... |
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| Darknight | Dec 5 2007, 06:06 AM Post #9 |
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Well Isis I know how you feel about this but its our nature to try create things even if they go against mother nature. |
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| GreatWhiteHorse | Dec 5 2007, 06:32 AM Post #10 |
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I think it is a spectacular and exciting possibility. If we were to create sentient robots it would be no different. Asimov pondered the ethics in "I, Robot" and Huxley did it in "Brave New World". |
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