Tuesday, September 09, 2008
It's tough living in The Matrix
by Anonymous at 2:06 PM
To keep in the spirit of insane scientific experiments, a team of biologists are closing in on bringing non-living matter to life.
Go ahead, click that link and read the article. And try to make it all the way through without wondering what the fuck it's about AND without putting your fist through your computer monitor. A team of biologists claim that they can now form a self-replicating, evolving system that satisfies the conditions of life, but isn't anything like life on earth now, but might represent life as it began or could exist elsewhere in the universe.
The money quote in the article IMO is this one from one of the molecular biologists: "One of the things that always comes up when people talk about life and universal qualities is water. But is water really necessary? What if we could design a system that works in something else?" - Jack Szostak
Um, guys? CANCER STILL EXISTS! Please cure something!
Honestly, what's next? Even Darwin would ask that we take a step back.
