Re:Scientists Hold Secret Meeting to Consider Creating a Syn...
by Zigurd on Saturday May 14, 2016 @01:07PM
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That's a good point, but there are many reasons to think it will be much harder to contain genomics than atomics:
1. You can sense atomic weapons materials at a distance.
2. It takes significant capital equipment to make atomic weapons.
3. It takes precision equipment to make atomic weapons.
4. While theoretical knowledge of atomic weapons is readily disseminated, it is easy to find and target experienced experts in the making of atomic weapons.
I can't find corresponding "choke points" that could control genomics, even on the scale of a synthetic human genome.
1. You can sense atomic weapons materials at a distance.
2. It takes significant capital equipment to make atomic weapons.
3. It takes precision equipment to make atomic weapons.
4. While theoretical knowledge of atomic weapons is readily disseminated, it is easy to find and target experienced experts in the making of atomic weapons.
I can't find corresponding "choke points" that could control genomics, even on the scale of a synthetic human genome.