dna computers in the distant future

[zipz0p]

^Agreed - and that's basically the point I wanted to make - the idea isn't inherently dangerous or bad or evil. Humans could distort it in that way, possibly, but this one seems relatively safe to me at the moment.

Also, just for clarity: DNA doesn't do work. The enzymes it codes do work, using chemical energy in the form of ATP (mostly). I think this "requiring no energy" thing is hocus pocus. It requires energy, as does all work. It's just in a different form. It won't run on petroleum, but it might run on ATP, or if integrated into simple cells, those could run on glucose, and produce the ATP necessary. Note that we already do this kind of thing! We inject specific genes into certain strains of e. coli and let them make up a whole lot of the protein we're interested in. This is how we mass-produce insulin for diabetics. It's a great tool, and I hope that it is used to produce more things as we learn how to manipulate the DNA strands, so that we can have the e. coli workers produce lots of helpful proteins for us!

 

[mikekazik1]

i really need to remember the sarcasm tags.

I guess you do.

 

[grieve]

this is messing with god's creation and is the work of the devil, you will all burn in hell for this.

evolution is inevitable.

We might be "god's creation" or we could just be some kids "SIMS" game.... PFFT to the pretend Super Devil. HAIL Technology!

 

[mikekazik1]

read two posts up.

lol...You really do need to remember those sarcasm. When you are online, you can't expect people to know your tone. Those are the drawbacks of online discussions.

 

[mikekazik1]

i do expect people on here to be of the level of intelligence to know that that post could be taken in no otherway than sarcastic.

When you speak to a person face-to-face, you are not only communicating with the words that you say. You are also communicating with your facial expressions and tone of voice. On a forum site, people are only exposed to your words, not your facial expressions or tone of voice. If you want to express some sarcasm, you could have added "lol" at the end of your sentence so that people know you are speaking in a light-hearted manner. The fact that several people misunderstood you should tell you that you did not do enough to get your point across.