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Re:A machine that speeds up evolution is revolutionizing gen... by smoyer on Monday May 11, 2015 @09:14AM (#9524425)
I wonder how the "life" this machine creates is regulated. In Eric K. Drexler's book "Engines of Creation", he warns that the rise of self-assembly and nanotechnology needs to be carefully controlled so that we don't end up disassembling the whole world into "gray goo". It seems to me that a shotgun approach to evolving organisms could be as dangerous.
Re:A machine that speeds up evolution is revolutionizing gen... by lotsofmangos on Monday May 11, 2015 @11:07AM (#9525299)
It seems to me that a shotgun approach to evolving organisms could be as dangerous.

Viruses are well ahead of us in that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endogenous_retrovirus