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    1. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 29

      eigenrobot Retweeted frye

      my guess is none although it would be weird if idk some invert engineered autotroph escaped and somehow started competing with R-DNA autotrophs and outcompeted them because nothing would eat them and oh shit now we die I guess?https://twitter.com/__frye/status/1420968621732339715?s=19 …

      eigenrobot added,

      frye @__frye
      Replying to @eigenrobot
      what are the odds some inverted chirality particle escapes the lab and kills us all
      7 replies 2 retweets 130 likes
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    2. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 29

      eigenrobot Retweeted Lone Volts Ahead

      I dont have the slightest clue maybe? I guess inverted prions would probably be saferhttps://twitter.com/LoneVoltsAhead/status/1420968529843658758?s=19 …

      eigenrobot added,

      Lone Volts Ahead @LoneVoltsAhead
      Replying to @eigenrobot
      Any chance this can be used to make gain of function / prion / other dangerous bio research in a safer?
      3 replies 0 retweets 70 likes
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    3. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 29

      eigenrobot Retweeted

      im inclined to extend benefit of the doubt here because theyre claiming (i) to have actually built something that (ii) doesnt contravene laws of physics as they currently exist and (iii) has no obvious political valence but yes who knows it may be trash https://twitter.com/edibleflowerga1/status/1420964967981928448?s=19 …

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    4. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 29

      eigenrobot Retweeted

      update probably real https://twitter.com/halvorz/status/1420976494235602947?s=19 …

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    5. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 29

      eigenrobot Retweeted oat

      as far as applications we're like a hop skip and a jump from solving climate change and peak oil in a fell swoop [joke tweet]https://twitter.com/asingleoat/status/1420954835805884416?s=19 …

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      oat @asingleoat
      Replying to @halvorz @sgodofsk
      if we make mirror trees that build their bodies with mirror lignin we can kick start a second Carboniferous
      3 replies 3 retweets 113 likes
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    6. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 29

      eigenrobot Retweeted Prawns Cheese Thaw Must

      gonna pat myself on the back for apparently independently deriving a standard view of the ecological dangers of mirror life so yes if mirror cyanobacteria escaped from a lab we would probably all die fortunately biology labs are proven extremely securehttps://twitter.com/prawncis/status/1420982623048925187?s=19 …

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      Prawns Cheese Thaw Must @prawncis
      Replying to @eigenrobot
      Oopsie pic.twitter.com/SYsDyH1rVP
      36 replies 44 retweets 369 likes
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    7. Jacques Thibodeau‏ @JacquesThibs Jul 30
      Replying to @eigenrobot

      For the risks they pose, “extremely secure” means nothing when we’re talking about situations that only need to happen once.

      1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
    8. Alessandro (139/380 figured bass exercises)‏ @polisisti Jul 30
      Replying to @JacquesThibs @eigenrobot

      (Eigen is being sarcastic. He thinks this is alarming!)

      1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
    9. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 30
      Replying to @polisisti @JacquesThibs

      oh yes thank you the last bit was intended to convey the opposite of the literal meaning of the words

      2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
    10. Alessandro (139/380 figured bass exercises)‏ @polisisti Jul 30
      Replying to @eigenrobot @JacquesThibs

      😃 https://www.ft.com/content/a0badd5d-4d88-4a3b-b019-61c6d8275caa …pic.twitter.com/TBGd1o7Thc

      In the US, the health department and the Centers for Disease Control jointly monitor the use of 67 different types of toxins and other potentially dangerous materials. Their latest report found that in the US in 2019, such substances were lost 13 times and accidentally released 219 times. This led to over 1,000 people undergoing medical assessments, and some taking preventive drugs. None however contracted identified illnesses as a result.
      In 2004, nine people were infected with Sars and one person died after two researchers were separately exposed to the virus while working at the Chinese Institute of Virology in Beijing. In November 2019, just a month before the first confirmed case of Covid-19, more than 6,000 people in north-west China were infected with brucellosis, a bacterial disease with flu-like symptoms, after a leak at a vaccine plant.
      1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jul 30
      Replying to @polisisti @JacquesThibs

      brrrrrrrrrrrr

      9:13 PM - 30 Jul 2021
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        2. wizden‏ @secretmoderator Jul 30
          Replying to @eigenrobot @polisisti @JacquesThibs

          none of this makes any sense I think I’m being trolled

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        3. Alessandro (139/380 figured bass exercises)‏ @polisisti Jul 30
          Replying to @secretmoderator @eigenrobot @JacquesThibs

          Sarcasm off: lab leaks fairly often, and as Thibs points out, even one leak of something sufficiently deadly can be catastrophic. Eigen, Thibs, and I are all deeply troubled by this Some ideas for improving biosecurity are listed in this podcast ep:https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/cassidy-nelson-12-ways-to-stop-pandemics/ …

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