Wait - so their entire explanation to question re: world-destruction is "we're being REALLY careful"?!
Here's the thing - some bacteria WILL escape eventually if these are used industrially. It's gonna happen. Rather than take this stand, they should really be exploring the question "What WOULD happen if we released this bacterium into a nutrient-rich environment"?
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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Wait - so their entire explanation to question re: world-destruction is "we're being REALLY careful"?!
Here's the thing - some bacteria WILL escape eventually if these are used industrially. It's gonna happen. Rather than take this stand, they should really be exploring the question "What WOULD happen if we released this bacterium into a nutrient-rich environment"?