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How Long Before Science Creates Life?
- Thread starter Sunstone
- Start date
I guess you get the inspiration from my thread " could you creat a fly"
as editing maybe.
as creating NEVER will happaned
Yes, and thanks for the inspiration. I'm curious how many people here think the scientific creation of life is just around the corner -- which isn't quite the focus of your thread.
God made a challenge in Quran ,that If ALL humans gathered , they will not creat a fly.
editing/imitation that's other issue, not creation.
Scientists have already created life. So here the question is getting to the complexity of a bacteria.
http://www.religiousforums.com/threads/just-accidental.191045/page-20#post-4927983
http://www.religiousforums.com/threads/just-accidental.191045/page-21#post-4928086
Hey SS. I think an option labeled "they already have" would get some interesting comments.
Great idea! I'll add that just to see what turns up.
Creating biological life is old hat now.
I'm more interested in machine life.
I could use a paranoid android.
I'm more interested in machine life.
I could use a paranoid android.
Great! I'm changing my vote to that under the premise that I think it is possible they have.
Ok
Sounds like the name of a rock band. ...or a completely malevolent cell phone.
Sounds like the name of a rock band. ...or a completely malevolent cell phone.
He's a fellow traveler of Arthur Dent.
Which brings up the question of how advanced a machine can be till it is recognized as being alive. Self aware.
And then till it realizes that its creators are more trouble than we are worth.
It would be correct.
So we must create dumb living machines.
Our economy will boom because they'll buy lots'o extended warranties.
Akivah
Well-Known Member
How are we defining "creat life"
I don't know what Sunstone means by it either. Far as I can tell, this is routine on several levels. Firstly, routine since scientists do have children, therefore have "created life." Secondly, also routine since selective breeding has been practiced by humans for thousands of years on various crops and domestic animals. Thirdly routine via using more contemporary genetics techniques that cut-and-paste DNA into different organisms or create "designer bacteria."
If he means create life "from scratch" in a way that mimics the origin of life with no actual base pairs to work with... far as I'm aware that's never been done and we're probably a pretty long ways away from doing that.
The last two were on my mind as well cloning