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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:13 PM Original message |
'Synthetic life' breakthrough announced by scientists |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Cool !!!! |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Not so cool when used by the military and the CIA to create a race of Manchurian Candidates n/t |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Manchurians cannot be candidates unless they're naturalized citizens... |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. lol |
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Evasporque (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
61. Teabaggers want amendment for Manchuria and Austria....nt |
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Decoy of Fenris (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Incredibly cool. |
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Cheap_Trick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Next stop, Roy Batty. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. no, he's 5 steps away (nt) |
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EXneoCON (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. "Nothing... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. Synthecoccus novae? |
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Flipper999 (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. This punches a hole in the old creationist argument that only God could have created life |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. This is NOT from Scratch |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. I can predict the counter-argument to that. |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. They haven't created anything. |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. "god ain't out of business just yet" |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 04:39 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Not to me. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Big believer in the God of the Gaps, eh? |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. To be honest, he was never a very good or interesting mythical creation |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
47. uh? |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. "We don't know how these organisms will behave in the environment." |
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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:11 PM Original message |
Scientists create artificial life in laboratory |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
11. That is so cool. |
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pertinent (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. My heads just fine |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I've never heard that stated as a premise of evolution. |
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pertinent (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Premise? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Sure you can. Also, the macro/microevolution thing is a complete false dichotomy. (nt) |
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harry_pothead (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
45. Yes it is +1 |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
48. It is from "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. OMIGAWD!! So I guess this is a big boost for "intelligent design"?? |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Cool Concept Really. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Chariots of the Gods and Stargate |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. See? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Stargate |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. Cool |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. That's just part of the story, they've advanced it to the human level, here's their prototype. |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. K&R |
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bejamin wood (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. not cool,,,, |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Hysterical, luddite garbage. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. I welcome our new Synthetic Overlords. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. This is very cool! |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
32. Next step: kill-bot factories. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
35. Science fiction becomes science fact. |
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rbixby (716 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
36. I, for one, welcome our new synthetic overlords NT |
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NeoGreen (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
39. Does it eat oil? n/t |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
40. Scientific Breakthrough - Synthetic Life |
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secondwind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I wish he would invent a microbe that eats oil..... |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. one that makes oil would be good too. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. or teabags n/t |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #41 |
59. Or does windows. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. That's not new |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
44. When they figure out how to do this without using a host |
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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
49. Scientists create a living organism |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. "I for one welcome our new mycoplasma overlords..." |
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AmericaIsGreat (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Amazing! |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. I just want them to riddle me how humans can create life without their precious god |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Cool. |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. ... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Love your comments . . . !!! |
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Miss_Underestimated (239 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Considering that Venter is funded by Exxon Mobil, I'd be very wary of where this is going |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. The creationist anti-evolutionists don't have a leg to stand on now |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 05:06 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Just for you |
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Petrushka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. Holy cow!!! They RE-created a microbe known to cause a contagious lung disease in cattle??? |
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