I have read a lot of science fiction stories where this is how the human race perishes. Hubris and idiocy may be the death of us all.
I Wish Mad Scientists Were Just In Movies
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Alex Berenson says people are overreacting to this.
https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/urgent-can-we-please-not-freak-out/comments?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=363080&post_id=79026747&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email&fbclid=IwAR2KFNcividCTxOQiVIdtFcru-zh27OiJ7tivKSjP4TDOx-76cwvOv4mUQk
But gain-of-function research is created this whole Commie Cootie fiasco.
The whole Covid business reminds me of the old movie “The Andromeda Strain.”
Don:
Speaking as a retired science teacher and quondam grad student, it is entirely possible for things to be created or discovered without anyone intending to do so. E.g. galvanic electricity, infrared light, electromagnetic induction, radioactivity. What did these people actually create and what were they intending to create?
Don:
Speaking as a retired science teacher and quondam grad student, it is entirely possible for things to be created or discovered without anyone intending to do so. E.g. galvanic electricity, infrared light, electromagnetic induction, radioactivity. What did these people actually create and what were they intending to create?
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In my state first degree murder is planned killing of the innocent with forethought. Second degree murder is unplanned killing of the innocent through ignorance, irresponsibility, or negligence, etc. In both cases the results are dead innocent people. The same with any such damage caused by work in a lab.