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1. deutrino (deutrino@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2017 06:36:36 UTC deutrino

   anyway yeah here's the article on the latest existential hazard coming soon to a theater (of war) near you courtesy of CRISPR/Cas9 https://www.wired.com/story/this-gene-editing-tech-might-be-too-dangerous-to-unleash/

   and the bonus TED talk, I overstated the presenter's enthusiasm in my prior toot but yeahhhhh https://youtu.be/OI_OhvOumT0

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   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2017 08:50:22 UTC Hallå Kitteh
     @deutrino I think the reason you think it's a bad idea is because you know something about how the gene editing works and what the risks of it are.
     
     When I heard the idea expressed simply as sterile mosquitoes competing with fertile mosquitoes I thought it sounded like a brilliant idea. Much better than, say, spraying a whole region with DDT.