Re:Biology Is Eating the World
by emsy on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @09:25AM
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I agree with you. I don't think you can learn anything without messing with it and it's in our best interest to learn and mess with it. On the other hand I most certainly would not want to see the SV mentality applied to a field that could bring about a global pandemic.
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Oh hell no! I used to joke here that people will eat their hats for the "move fast and break things" ethos when somebody starts Uber for Biotech, complete with sociopathic management and utter disregard for law and safety.
I'm only saying that we absolutely do need to poke complex systems to understand them, but we should do so responsibly. As the reply to the "playing god" saying goes: "we are as gods, we might as well get good at it".
Like Theranos?
Theranos mostly fooled investors. I worry about companies that mess with the rest of society. "Uber for Biotech" is essentially a recipe for huge loss of life.
IIRC they also faked and sent out incorrect blood test results for many, many patients.