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Essay: Our Synthetic Futures by Rudy Rucker
by Dr. Nanochick at 9:56 pm EDT, May 29, 2007

One big worry is what nanotechnologists call the “gray-goo problem.” What’s to stop a particularly virulent SynBio organism from eating everything on earth? My guess is that this could never happen. Every existing plant, animal, fungus and protozoan already aspires to world domination. There’s nothing more ruthless than viruses and bacteria—and they’ve been practicing for a very long time.

Rudy Rucker on synthetic biology


Our Synthetic Futures, by Rudy Rucker
by noteworthy at 6:37 am EDT, Jul 30, 2007

What might happen if we repurpose biology to our own ends?


 
 
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