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		323 on March 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A 1967 experiment that proved anyone can design a ... Don't worry, nature compensated and you can instead work on engineering viruses or strong AI if you want to blow up the world.

dilznoofus on March 20, 2023 [–]

Why not just keep a bunch of rats and pump them with filth and antibiotics until it outpaces our known chemistries?

elzbardico on March 20, 2023 | [–]

We already do this with cattle and poultry in modern Western intensive farming.

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