Genetic Engineering and a One Species Planet

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Genetic Engineering and a One Species Planet

Post by aufbahrung » Sat Nov 26, 2022 10:34 pm

If science continues isn't it inevitable that as genetic engineering becomes perfected the development of a one species planet will manifest. Food produced technologically not counting as a life-form. Similar to the grey goo argument on a larger scale. Can't figure why this isn't already a fun idea being discussed in the remaining science forum echo chambers?
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Re: Genetic Engineering and a One Species Planet

Post by Sean Hayden » Sun Nov 27, 2022 12:43 am

We’re just hoping to create climate proof crops. What’s this one species junk?

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Post by pErvinalia » Sun Nov 27, 2022 1:17 am

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Re: Genetic Engineering and a One Species Planet

Post by aufbahrung » Sun Nov 27, 2022 3:56 am

As genetic engineering becomes more sophisticated building a swiss knife species might be a better option than having a genetically evolved/engineered competition for resources that results in interspecies nuclear or biological war. You'll get what I mean in a couple or three years now I've given you the idea. Claim it was your idea all along by then.
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Post by Sean Hayden » Sun Nov 27, 2022 11:37 am

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Re: Genetic Engineering and a One Species Planet

Post by Brian Peacock » Sun Nov 27, 2022 2:25 pm

One species planet? What they going to eat? Moonbeams?
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Re: Genetic Engineering and a One Species Planet

Post by Svartalf » Sun Nov 27, 2022 2:55 pm

we'll assume that they'll be able to do photosynthesis... or the idea is even more silly than it looks.
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Re: Genetic Engineering and a One Species Planet

Post by aufbahrung » Sun Nov 27, 2022 8:43 pm

Grow plant like biological matter in plastic vats? Wouldn't need to be alive in the conventional sense, like fungus sort of undead food.
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Re: Genetic Engineering and a One Species Planet

Post by Svartalf » Sun Nov 27, 2022 11:56 pm

undead fungus? you mean that greyish goo between your ears?
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Re: Genetic Engineering and a One Species Planet

Post by aufbahrung » Mon Nov 28, 2022 7:41 am

With enough sophisticated and fine grained genetic replication/engineering you can make food with no evolutionary or life like characteristics. Baker man makes bread everyday. With no understanding of genetics. Far more can be achieved with some understanding in due course. No doubt.
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Post by pErvinalia » Mon Nov 28, 2022 8:18 am

What's going to convert CO2 to O2? We'll choke without that conversion. Not to mention the greenhouse effect.
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Re: Genetic Engineering and a One Species Planet

Post by pErvinalia » Mon Nov 28, 2022 8:20 am

And we need gut bacteria. We die without that.
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Re: Genetic Engineering and a One Species Planet

Post by Brian Peacock » Mon Nov 28, 2022 1:10 pm

Functionally we're pretty much a one species planet already. Aufie's idea merely represents his own alienation from the natural world and the environment, upon which he simultaneously depends for his existence and resents for its mortal limitations. This conflict is confused for a naturalistic normative.

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Re: Genetic Engineering and a One Species Planet

Post by Sean Hayden » Mon Nov 28, 2022 1:59 pm

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