Say goodbye to global warming, toxic waste, and dependency on fossil fuels, and get ready to enjoy perfect health with exotic bugs that could one day cure every human disease, including aging.
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Posted by
iPan on 06/09 at 01:37 PM
Post-biological humans won’t need food like we do, therefore won’t farm like we do, therefore won’t create as much CO2, nitrogen runoff, etc. that we do.
They will use electricity created from solar energy or fusion, or a combination of the two.
The bodies will be made from recyclable aerogels and hydrogels, along with small amounts of rarer materials, like gold, nanodiamond, graphene, CNT’s, etc.
Transcending biology is probably the most “green” thing we can do.
Posted by
Summerspeaker on 06/11 at 01:31 AM
Well, you’ve gotten Dale Carrico (amormundi.blogspot.com) to call your piece “evil.” Congratulations on that. However, while characteristically overblown and antagonistic, Dale’s criticism conveys two critical points: you’re making extraordinary claims about synthetic biology based on minimal evidence, and these claims potentially distract attention from more likely solutions to existing environmental problems. The idea that exotic bugs will eliminate or make manageable all human diseases in eight years strikes me as overwhelmingly implausible.
Posted by
Pastor_Alex on 06/11 at 04:34 PM
Aside from the predictions, I have a question that I’m curious about. Once we have created an artificial lifeform, what is to prevent the mutation of that lifeform away from how we have designed it?
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