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2026-06-21 17:03 UTC
@lispi314@udongein.xyz @orange_lux@eldritch.cafe @karl@infosec.exchange @dibi58@this.mouse.rocks
> synthetic biology.
we don't really need this. There are so many bacteria and neural cells available, with billions of years of evolution...
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@lispi314@udongein.xyz 2026-06-21 17:20
@ALewpqX9B5hLrwnPl2.uriel@bbs.keinpfusch.net @orange_lux@eldritch.cafe @karl@infosec.exchange @dibi58@this.mouse.rocks That's a question of degrees at that point. Even if you use building blocks that already exist, isn't it synthetic? Similar to a hammer, all the components remain natural (since they clearly exist to start with), but intelligent intervention was involved in its making. That at least is the distinction I draw. There's no particular reason to recreate it entirely from scratch unless you very specifically want to make it deliberately incompatible with the rest of the biosphere.