this is genuinely bad news, afaict it’s yet another big bad thing there really isn’t a plan for, just one lab leak away we have all experienced, firsthand now, one way that plays out, and seen how good a “plan” there ishttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1420989331242557448 …
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Replying to @nickcammarata @uncatherio
im actually kind of shaken about this. getting all the way to mirror cyanobacteria is quite a few steps ahead of where we are but it seems like things are moving very quickly.
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meh maybe but think of the flipside! make L-viruses in the lab and study them, nbd if escape
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on one hand that is convenient but on the other hand I mean we can live with viruses you know it does seem like there are some mechanisms that might prevent the Bad Outcome but I wouldnt want to rely on that
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ok not saying it wouldnt be catastrophic but someone who can engineer L Cyanobacteria can also make its natural predator bacterium and then it’ll be brave new world
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Replying to @tszzl @eigenrobot and
but like phytoplankton (inc. cyanobacteria) are the basis of marine food chains --> zooplankton --> lil fish --> big fish humans eat fish If huge amount of biomass turns into mirror cyanobacteria and/or mirror predators at some point bad for humans bc we only eat non-mirror meat
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Replying to @SarahAMcManus @tszzl and
Oh no some fool would make mirror meat in a lab As a weight loss thing
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I bet it would taste weird also apparently there have been related attempts that didn't pan outpic.twitter.com/jnp26retyt
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