Author Topic: 3 to 6 years! (Read 331 times)

SkyRock · « **on:** August 21, 2007, 12:15:52 AM »

Although they are just letting evolution do all the hard work.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/08/20/artificial.life.ap/index.html

stockli · « **Reply #1 on:** August 21, 2007, 12:43:56 AM »

Eyyyyyyyyyy!

"Never in our imagination could it happen" ?

These guys have never seen "the Blob"

RAIDER14 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 21, 2007, 01:23:40 AM »

The 6th Day?

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #3 on:** August 21, 2007, 01:29:46 AM »

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Originally posted by stockli
Eyyyyyyyyyy!

"Never in our imagination could it happen" ?

These guys have never seen "the Blob"

Or this

Why is it that I can envision one of these nuts acting
JUST
THIS
WAY

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xos2MnVxe-c

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #4 on:** August 21, 2007, 01:32:45 AM »

Bedau said there are legitimate worries about creating life that could "run amok," but there are ways of addressing it, and it will be a very long time before that is a problem.

Note he said "BEFORE That is a problem"

Meaning. He knows eventually its going to be.

But screw it. Go ahead with it anyway right?

Just because we can do something doesnt always mean we should

Blooz · « **Reply #5 on:** August 21, 2007, 05:51:25 AM »

"Dyson listened while the Terminator laid it all down. Skynet, Judgement Day, the history of things to come. It's not every day you learn you're responsible for three billion deaths. He took it pretty well."

skernsk · « **Reply #6 on:** August 21, 2007, 08:18:34 AM »

I thought this thread was a Combat Tour prediction.