Life from a Laboratory

tw · 07-23-2009, 05:33 PM

While Americans argued over the politcal agenda; White House lawyers rewriting science - from the Washington Post of 23 Jul 2009:

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Scientists Breed Mice From Skin Cells in China
In papers published online Thursday by two scientific journals, separate teams of researchers from Beijing and Shanghai reported that they had for the first time created virtual genetic duplicates of mice using skin cells from adult animals that had been coaxed in the laboratory into the equivalent of embryonic stem cells.

Clodfobble · 07-23-2009, 05:34 PM

We are one step closer to eternal rejuvenation. I can't wait to be immortal!

sugarpop · 07-23-2009, 06:22 PM

gawd. I cannot imagine WHY anyone would want to live F-O-R-E-V-E-R.

Shawnee123 · 07-23-2009, 06:40 PM

It's really not bad. You get used to it. For the record, though, yes people are even assholier than they used to be.

In the future, asshats are made of nerf.

smoothmoniker · 07-23-2009, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by sugarpop

gawd. I cannot imagine WHY anyone would want to live F-O-R-E-V-E-R.

Then you don't have a very active imagination.

Imagine spending 50 years just on exploring Europe.

Imagine works of art that take 400 years to complete.

Imagine being willing to take huge business and career risks to pursue a fulfilling vocation, because if it doesn't work out, the clock will never run out on trying again.

Imagine living 600 years together with someone you love.

Imagine great-great-great-great-great grandchildren.

glatt · 07-23-2009, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by smoothmoniker

Imagine great-great-great-great-great grandchildren.

This part won't work so well. You gotta have people dying to make room for the new ones.

sugarpop · 07-23-2009, 09:52 PM

Oh I have a very active imagination smoothmoniker. I just don't get the whole "wanting to live forever" thing. Death is a part of a life. It is the natural cycle. Everything dies, and for human beings to try to change that, I think it makes us LESS human and more artificial. IMO it is all about ego, and fear.

Where would we put all the people if no one died, and people keep procreating? One or the other has to give.

Aliantha · 07-23-2009, 10:08 PM

That's why we should be investing more money in space ships.

We need to find another planet.

DanaC · 07-24-2009, 05:15 AM

Bing! Aliantha ftw.

Aliantha · 07-24-2009, 05:16 AM

ftw?

DanaC · 07-24-2009, 05:25 AM

for the win

Aliantha · 07-24-2009, 05:26 AM

oh wow...I'm usually such a loser!

Clodfobble · 07-24-2009, 07:26 AM

Spaceships aren't gonna cut it. We need to start working on the wormholes.

dar512 · 07-24-2009, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

We need to start working on the wormholes.

I know what you mean. I put up some paneling like that once.

tw · 07-24-2009, 10:54 AM

Wow. Those scientists and mice thought they were the new hottest thing. This thread surely deflated their ego.

07-23-2009, 05:34 PM	#2
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07-23-2009, 06:40 PM	#4
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	It's really not bad. You get used to it. For the record, though, yes people are even assholier than they used to be. In the future, asshats are made of nerf. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-23-2009, 10:08 PM	#8
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	That's why we should be investing more money in space ships. We need to find another planet. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-24-2009, 05:16 AM	#10
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	ftw? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-24-2009, 05:26 AM	#12
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	oh wow...I'm usually such a loser! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-23-2009, 06:22 PM	#3
sugarpop Professor Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: the edge of the abyss Posts: 1,947	gawd. I cannot imagine WHY anyone would want to live F-O-R-E-V-E-R.

07-23-2009, 09:52 PM	#7
sugarpop Professor Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: the edge of the abyss Posts: 1,947	Oh I have a very active imagination smoothmoniker. I just don't get the whole "wanting to live forever" thing. Death is a part of a life. It is the natural cycle. Everything dies, and for human beings to try to change that, I think it makes us LESS human and more artificial. IMO it is all about ego, and fear. Where would we put all the people if no one died, and people keep procreating? One or the other has to give.

07-24-2009, 07:26 AM	#13
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Spaceships aren't gonna cut it. We need to start working on the wormholes. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-24-2009, 10:54 AM	#15
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Wow. Those scientists and mice thought they were the new hottest thing. This thread surely deflated their ego.

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