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Kathleen Sullivan's avatar

Oh golly, Michael, one more terrifying thing to add to the list of this moment in time. I guess the good part of being as old as we are is that we won't live long enough to have to watch this sort of thing play out in our lives. But oh the children.

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Michael's avatar

Hi K! Luckily for everyone the current state of research and technology indicates that creation of anti-chiral bacteria is still many years in the future. Still, I haven't seen this kind of call to halt research since there was talk in some nations of human cloning and genetic manipulation and some in the AI community wanted everyone to back off on AGI development.

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Michael's avatar

And yes, oh the children.

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Free Radio Rulo's avatar

Good god I don't need this right now! Trying to stay positive! Seems like as tech advances its only a matter of time..............

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Michael's avatar

I lost at least one subscriber after this one. Maybe some more upbeat topics are in order? Like the fact that the global mining industry each year produces enough toxic mine tailings to cover an area the size of California? That one has me ready to face the day with a smile and a merry song on my lips!

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Free Radio Rulo's avatar

Tell you what!

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Jayasree Srivastava's avatar

I read today that it takes 500,000 gallons of water to mine 1 ton of lithium. And for some reason, so many people seem to think EVs are going to save us. How’s this for upbeat topics?

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