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barradarcy  ·  4618 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Synthetic Biology and Genetic Engineering
Hehehe...you made perfect sence! because luckily I have found this 10 minutes after waking up:) and you are also very right:):) A lot of this stuff is regulated and from what I've found...biopunk has been watched like a hawk by various people (especially in America) but that doesn't mean that the whole thing should be snuffed out in an instant. if somebody is good at something, why put them down? I have heard a lot of complaints over here about 'students not going into science' (mostly I think from my dad who was a chemistry lecturer till retiring recently). It is only the 'crazy' and desprate who go about melting walls and releasing freaks, just as it is only the 'crazy' and desprate who blow themselves up in crowds, dealing drugs and going on shooting sprees.......unless greed gets in the way; then I would have to point to these governments themselves who 'regulate'. If somebody goes hunting deer without knowing what they are doing; there is going to be a danger....but if we educate them and tell them how to hunt (because they have an interest) and what the dangers are.....there isn't any danger unless they are deranged and shoot a farmer! I think there are two types of deranged a person can get; mental sickness and crooked logic. In the case of crooked logic, the problem isn't the 'gun', the problem is the 'education'...I doubt the biopunk kids are secretly planning to unleash anything nasty, unless it's a few glowing kittens cos that's just weird:-/ Sorry if this is a bit heavy for the morning...my extra brain just woke up:):):) Thank you for the answer:):):):)




barradarcy  ·  4618 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Heck! I just googled Monsanto's patents....they're nuts! What happens when somebody patents a part of the human gene-gnome?? Everyone gets fined or arrested for using it??
b_b  ·  4617 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Actually, its been tried. Fortunately the courts have erred on the side of reason and said the genetic sequences that exist in nature are not patentable.
barradarcy  ·  4612 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Aww...what a pity....can't have all the ginger people arrested then...:-/