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Dunc

(592 posts) Tue Jul 7, 2026, 01:01 PM 17 hrs ago

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Scientists say they built a cell from scratch. (Original Post) Dunc 17 hrs ago OP

No, not scary at all indusurb 17 hrs ago #1

Thanks for posting this Dunc HappyH 16 hrs ago #2

My mother used to say, thank God I'll be dead soon. tavernier 16 hrs ago #3

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1. No, not scary at all

Tue Jul 7, 2026, 01:03 PM

17 hrs ago

Ooo, let's combine it with AI! Let's let it get loose in the wild! What could go wrong?

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2. Thanks for posting this Dunc

Tue Jul 7, 2026, 01:44 PM

16 hrs ago

Very exciting and potentially very important research.

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3. My mother used to say, thank God I'll be dead soon.

Tue Jul 7, 2026, 01:51 PM

16 hrs ago

Reading all of this it does make you wonder what we will be heading into. The good, the bad, or the ugly?