[warch]

We don't hold a candle to natures power.
But we do hold dominion over the other critters. The herd of stampeding elephants can kill people but couldn't make us extinct.

We're unlocking nature's power at an amazing rate, as in genomic research. And although those elephants couldnt probably squish us all, a pesky bacteria could have a good crack at it.

But I just as soon people didn't try to create new things that we aren't sure won't have dominion over us.

Too late.
Now what do we do? Who decides?
What Kacs is about is what do we do with this knowledge? How can we direct this power ethically?

Other than being more expensive, whats the difference between Kac's show and spelling the passage out in alphabet soup and stirring with a spoon?

I think the main difference is that he is using the tools and processes of the contemporary genetic research- by creating a synthetic gene, as has occured in labs around the world- mutating it through the participation of viewers-he's got his hands and our hands on this power. And I think that helps make the mysterious potential a bit more real and compelling, at least for me.

What scares me is that someone with that power and ability is so off the wall he would waste it discrediting a passage in a book that doesn't mean a tinkers damn. There are many worthy goals for scientists to pursue.

Not any wierder than Dolly.And I dont see this as a waste, simply because as this work tours, all that see it have the discussion we're having. That's what this is all about. What are worthy goals for science and who gets to decide?