Comment on New DNA construct can set off a “mutagenic chain reaction”parentComments−ygmelnikova11y"Immortality within our grasp"?The world is fundamentally evil. 160 million dead via war in the 20th century alone.Optimism in this matter is incredibly naive.−toomuchtodo11yImmortality from death due to biological breakdown.−ygmelnikova11yDeath due to honeybees mutated with Box Jellyfish venom."the venom causes cells to become porous enough to allow potassium leakage, causing hyperkalemia which can lead to cardiovascular collapse and death as quickly as within two to five minutes"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chironex_fleckeri−toomuchtodo11yFor each malady you bring up, the genome can be hardened against. Humanity has enough time to iterate ;)
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"Immortality within our grasp"?
The world is fundamentally evil. 160 million dead via war in the 20th century alone.
Optimism in this matter is incredibly naive.
Immortality from death due to biological breakdown.
Death due to honeybees mutated with Box Jellyfish venom.
"the venom causes cells to become porous enough to allow potassium leakage, causing hyperkalemia which can lead to cardiovascular collapse and death as quickly as within two to five minutes"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chironex_fleckeri
For each malady you bring up, the genome can be hardened against. Humanity has enough time to iterate ;)