a step to artificial life

[billy]

found this pretty interesting, what do you all think.

are we now gods?

source:

[srijantje]

i find it utterly fascinating,this is the first step to true a.i.

[billy]

i find it utterly fascinating,this is the first step to true a.i.

would it be artificial ? or would our creation be real
i have to admit to being fascinated by it as well. this isn't like cloning. it really is about creating life.

[srijantje]

ofcourse it's real,everything created is real,isn't it?
this is truly one of the greatest things happening[if it's true]
this means among other things it might have happened before,for example,the mere fact that this is possible opens so many doors,as said,pollution eating bacteria ,building blocs for just about anything,unbelievable

[billy]

ofcourse it's real,everything created is real,isn't it?
this is truly one of the greatest things happening[if it's true]
this means among other things it might have happened before,for example,the mere fact that this is possible opens so many doors,as said,pollution eating bacteria ,building blocs for just about anything,unbelievable

good point about it happening before SJ.

it might have been how this planet ws seeded by others.

which in turn would mean others like us are or were out there.

[Bianca Alabaster]

I can't even finish reading the article. It is scary sounds like Terminator isn't too far off for are possible future. Anyone else catch what they produced "bacteria" dna. Why do we need more strains of bacteria? to kill more people?

count me out as interested.

[billy]

from newspost on line.

this is the whole article so no source.

Catholic Church officials appreciated the work of the scientists terming it has a great scientific discovery and hoped that it is channeled in proper direction, but warned that only God can create life. “If we ascertain that it is for the good of all, of the environment and man in it, we’ll keep the same judgment,” Monsignor Rino Fisichella, the Vatican’s top bioethics official commented and he further added that “If, on the other hand, the use of this discovery should turn against the dignity of and respect for human life, then our judgment would change.” These Reports came in the wake of recent discovery, where scientists successfully created synthetic life in Laboratories with man-made DNA that were capable of replicating itself.
In a research that lasted for close to three years, researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute created Cells that were able to grow naturally, by inserting artificially created genetic material which was chemically printed and assembled in forced conditions into a cell. Already being termed as the greatest discovery of the century, analysts claim this discovery can have a large effect in the on-going research’s and will now open a whole new genre for exploration and research. It is also being accepted that further research into the field can help create living bacteria that can absorb Carbon dioxide, decompose man-made waste or else create new opportunities in the field of medicine, as the research has a huge potential in future of curing various non-curable diseases. But, the darker part though is, if put in wrong direction it is capable of creating Bio-Hazards and its ability to create Bio-weapons of mass destruction is not being denied. But a proper alignment of it can very well, solve the global problems like – global warming and Food Shortage. What the final results will be only time can tell, but until then the question for now is “Can man really play God?

the church says "if channeled properly" it's a good thing. i agree. thought that said anything channeled properly (for good) is usually a good thing.

the creation thing, i see it this way;

if you don't believe in a god, then for you man has created a synthetic; though it seems real, life.

if on the other hand you believe in god then; man created that same synthetic life through the power of god.

we do create life all the time via the mating ritual. if you have a god then we do it through the power of your god..

either way i can't see it going away, nor can the church it seems and that.s why it's not denouncing something many of it's parishioners may be able to accept.

if anything it's embracing the breakthrough on the proviso it's only used for good. who said the church wasn't smart.

as an aside.;
most of the bacteria we come into contact with is benificial to us. even the bad stuff. it allows us to become resistant to harsher forms.
we have bacteria inside us that again we would die without. bacteria isn't always as bad as it seems.

[kath3]

As this is the first I've heard of it, and although I too find it fascinating I'll have to ponder over it more to see where I do stand on such an accomplishment. I tend to be a fence sitter, often seeing both sides ... must be the Gemini in me

[billy]

As this is the first I've heard of it, and although I too find it fascinating I'll have to ponder over it more to see where I do stand on such an accomplishment. I tend to be a fence sitter, often seeing both sides ... must be the Gemini in me

i've no doub't the miliatry will be rubbing their hands together

[kath3]

As this is the first I've heard of it, and although I too find it fascinating I'll have to ponder over it more to see where I do stand on such an accomplishment. I tend to be a fence sitter, often seeing both sides ... must be the Gemini in me

i've no doub't the miliatry will be rubbing their hands together

OMG ... that's a terrifying thought!

[billy]

imagine being able to build new life forms that can invade the human body and wreck havoc. it could end up something like living nanobots.

the good side is if they can do that they could possible repair people from the inside out without surgery