Re:H5N1
by nswanberg on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @04:22PM
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James, you are correct but I think JunkDNA's point is still being made effectively. In fact this was likely an intentional statement meant to illustrate the difficulty involved in intentionally creating a thing--if an error could be easily introduced in a handful of words, how likely is it that a malicious DNA creator will get their supervirus working exactly right?
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Re:H5N1
by jamesaguilar on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @06:17PM
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That is very optimistic of you. Personally I think it was more likely that it was simply a typing error, as he has acknowledged. That's fine, we all make them. I had some difficulty parsing what he was trying to say, which is the only reason I brought it up.
The rest of your argument is very far fetched. One person's difficulty formulating a sentence could not be less related to biologists' collective capabilities in tailoring viruses.
"The rest of your argument is very far fetched."
I have apparently underestimated my ability to craft a joke.
Re:H5N1
by jamesaguilar on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @09:37PM
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Brevity is the soul of wit.