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It's life, but not as God planned it |
It's life, but not as God planned it
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1182698,00.html
Attempts to create synthetic life in a laboratory are no longer
science fiction. David Adam and Ian Sample report
Thursday April 1, 2004
The Guardian
Scientists are often accused of trying to play God. Cloning experts,
genetic engineers and atomic physicists have all fiddled with aspects
of the world that many believe should remain the preserve of some
higher power. But for one group of scientists in particular, playing
is a serious business. They are seeking to create life itself, and in
doing so could push God aside.
They are making astonishing progress. According to the Bible it took
six days to create heaven, Earth and everything in them; the
scientists already need only a fortnight to produce a totally
synthetic organism. They are also figuring out how to expand life's
genetic code, which has acted as a barrier to new forms of creation
since time immemorial. "I don't think there's anything wrong with
playing God," says Clyde Hutchison, one of the new breed of scientists
learning to master creation. "As long as it's just playing."
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| User: "Roadrunner" |
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| Title: Re: It's life, but not as God planned it |
02 Apr 2004 03:52:25 AM |
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"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:18510aff.0404010325.2f0d3c17@posting.google.com...
It's life, but not as God planned it
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1182698,00.html
Attempts to create synthetic life in a laboratory are no longer
science fiction. David Adam and Ian Sample report
Thursday April 1, 2004
The Guardian
Scientists are often accused of trying to play God. Cloning experts,
genetic engineers and atomic physicists have all fiddled with aspects
of the world that many believe should remain the preserve of some
higher power. But for one group of scientists in particular, playing
is a serious business. They are seeking to create life itself, and in
doing so could push God aside.
They are making astonishing progress. According to the Bible it took
six days to create heaven, Earth and everything in them; the
scientists already need only a fortnight to produce a totally
synthetic organism.
What's the comparison about. That we can beat God when creating heaven,
Earth and everything in them in a fortnight??
They are also figuring out how to expand life's
genetic code, which has acted as a barrier to new forms of creation
since time immemorial. "I don't think there's anything wrong with
playing God," says Clyde Hutchison, one of the new breed of scientists
learning to master creation. "As long as it's just playing."
That's all what this universe is about: "Playing!"
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| User: "Therion Ware" |
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| Title: Re: It's life, but not as God planned it |
02 Apr 2004 04:14:11 AM |
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On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 09:52:25 +0000 (UTC) in alt.atheism, Roadrunner
("Roadrunner" <pegasus@privat.utfors.se>) said, directing the reply to
alt.atheism
"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:18510aff.0404010325.2f0d3c17@posting.google.com...
It's life, but not as God planned it
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1182698,00.html
Attempts to create synthetic life in a laboratory are no longer
science fiction. David Adam and Ian Sample report
Thursday April 1, 2004
The Guardian
Scientists are often accused of trying to play God. Cloning experts,
genetic engineers and atomic physicists have all fiddled with aspects
of the world that many believe should remain the preserve of some
higher power. But for one group of scientists in particular, playing
is a serious business. They are seeking to create life itself, and in
doing so could push God aside.
They are making astonishing progress. According to the Bible it took
six days to create heaven, Earth and everything in them; the
scientists already need only a fortnight to produce a totally
synthetic organism.
What's the comparison about. That we can beat God when creating heaven,
Earth and everything in them in a fortnight??
They are also figuring out how to expand life's
genetic code, which has acted as a barrier to new forms of creation
since time immemorial. "I don't think there's anything wrong with
playing God," says Clyde Hutchison, one of the new breed of scientists
learning to master creation. "As long as it's just playing."
That's all what this universe is about: "Playing!"
I think it was the Kzin, "Speaker to Animals" in Niven's "Ringworld"
who remarked to Louis Wu that it didn't disturb him to play a God, but
it did disturb him to play a God badly. But then he was a Kdaptist.
--
"Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You."
- Attrib: Pauline Reage.
Inexpensive VHS & other video to CD/DVD conversion?
See: <http://www.Video2CD.com>. 35.00 gets your video on DVD.
all posts to this email address are automatically deleted without being read.
** atheist poster child #1 ** #442.
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| User: "SMChristenson" |
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| Title: Re: It's life, but not as God planned it |
02 Apr 2004 06:46:27 AM |
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On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 10:14:11 +0000, Therion Ware wrote:
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 09:52:25 +0000 (UTC) in alt.atheism, Roadrunner
("Roadrunner" <pegasus@privat.utfors.se>) said, directing the reply to
alt.atheism
"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:18510aff.0404010325.2f0d3c17@posting.google.com...
It's life, but not as God planned it
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1182698,00.html
Attempts to create synthetic life in a laboratory are no longer
science fiction. David Adam and Ian Sample report
Thursday April 1, 2004
The Guardian
Scientists are often accused of trying to play God. Cloning experts,
genetic engineers and atomic physicists have all fiddled with aspects
of the world that many believe should remain the preserve of some
higher power. But for one group of scientists in particular, playing
is a serious business. They are seeking to create life itself, and in
doing so could push God aside.
They are making astonishing progress. According to the Bible it took
six days to create heaven, Earth and everything in them; the
scientists already need only a fortnight to produce a totally
synthetic organism.
What's the comparison about. That we can beat God when creating heaven,
Earth and everything in them in a fortnight??
They are also figuring out how to expand life's
genetic code, which has acted as a barrier to new forms of creation
since time immemorial. "I don't think there's anything wrong with
playing God," says Clyde Hutchison, one of the new breed of scientists
learning to master creation. "As long as it's just playing."
That's all what this universe is about: "Playing!"
I think it was the Kzin, "Speaker to Animals" in Niven's "Ringworld" who
remarked to Louis Wu that it didn't disturb him to play a God, but it
did disturb him to play a God badly. But then he was a Kdaptist.
Some people just don't have the vision thing. When I say I want a
genetically enhanced lifespan and cat eyes to run through the forest on a
moonless night, some people look at me like I was strange. Can you
imagine?
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| User: "Therion Ware" |
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| Title: Re: It's life, but not as God planned it |
02 Apr 2004 07:30:38 AM |
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On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 12:46:27 +0000 (UTC) in talk.origins,
SMChristenson (SMChristenson <smchris@visi.com>) said, directing the
reply to talk.origins
On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 10:14:11 +0000, Therion Ware wrote:
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 09:52:25 +0000 (UTC) in alt.atheism, Roadrunner
("Roadrunner" <pegasus@privat.utfors.se>) said, directing the reply to
alt.atheism
"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:18510aff.0404010325.2f0d3c17@posting.google.com...
It's life, but not as God planned it
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1182698,00.html
Attempts to create synthetic life in a laboratory are no longer
science fiction. David Adam and Ian Sample report
Thursday April 1, 2004
The Guardian
Scientists are often accused of trying to play God. Cloning experts,
genetic engineers and atomic physicists have all fiddled with aspects
of the world that many believe should remain the preserve of some
higher power. But for one group of scientists in particular, playing
is a serious business. They are seeking to create life itself, and in
doing so could push God aside.
They are making astonishing progress. According to the Bible it took
six days to create heaven, Earth and everything in them; the
scientists already need only a fortnight to produce a totally
synthetic organism.
What's the comparison about. That we can beat God when creating heaven,
Earth and everything in them in a fortnight??
They are also figuring out how to expand life's
genetic code, which has acted as a barrier to new forms of creation
since time immemorial. "I don't think there's anything wrong with
playing God," says Clyde Hutchison, one of the new breed of scientists
learning to master creation. "As long as it's just playing."
That's all what this universe is about: "Playing!"
I think it was the Kzin, "Speaker to Animals" in Niven's "Ringworld" who
remarked to Louis Wu that it didn't disturb him to play a God, but it
did disturb him to play a God badly. But then he was a Kdaptist.
Some people just don't have the vision thing. When I say I want a
genetically enhanced lifespan and cat eyes to run through the forest on a
moonless night, some people look at me like I was strange. Can you
imagine?
Well, we have to learn that some people have no ambition, and that
when you start talking about such things will look at you strangely.
I mean, honestly. At the moment I'm really taken with Greg Egan
novels, and the simulation argument as proposed by Nick Bostrom, PhD
Philosophy Faculty, Oxford University.
http://www.simulation-argument.com/
Mention this at a dinner party before the third wine, and you're a
dead man.
Oh well. So it goes.
--
"Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You."
- Attrib: Pauline Reage.
Inexpensive VHS & other video to CD/DVD conversion?
See: <http://www.Video2CD.com>. 35.00 gets your video on DVD.
all posts to this email address are automatically deleted without being read.
** atheist poster child #1 ** #442.
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