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by PineappleDuckCurry
Sat Feb 18, 2023 6:14 am
Forum: Biology & Medicine
Topic: CRISPR & Genetic Engineering News and Discussions
Replies: 153
Views: 138354

Re: CRISPR & Genetic Engineering News and Discussions

Next up for CRISPR: Gene editing for the masses? Last year, Verve Therapeutics started the first human trial of a CRISPR treatment that could benefit most people—a signal that gene editing may be ready to go mainstream. More at... Https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/19/1067074/next-for-crispr/a...
by PineappleDuckCurry
Fri Jan 20, 2023 1:47 am
Forum: Culture, Economics & Politics of the Future
Topic: Would you vote for Bill Gates for President?
Replies: 4
Views: 6644

Would you vote for Bill Gates for President?

I would. I think he is about the only Republican I think I could vote for.
by PineappleDuckCurry
Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:48 am
Forum: Energy & the Environment
Topic: Converting Human Waste Into Fertilizer
Replies: 0
Views: 4302

Converting Human Waste Into Fertilizer

The precepts of circular economy—reusing water, using biodegradable plastic, composting food leftovers so they can be returned to the soil rather than become landfill—are among the hottest ideas of our century. But what about recycling what our food becomes after we eat it? Yes, that means excremen...
by PineappleDuckCurry
Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:15 am
Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
Topic: Freeman Dyson's predictions (2005)
Replies: 5
Views: 5378

Re: Freeman Dyson's predictions (2005)

I do agree with him that hacking the biosphere could be a way out of climate change, but I think he doesn't realize how far away we are from that because of eugenics fears, etc. I also think he is speaking outside of his domain of knowledge, but I guess that is why he labels himself a "heretic....