>>9070>Since there is no philosophy threda
here it is.
i was lately toying with a little idea and wanted to hear Ernst's input on it.
As you all may know we have a serious problem with plastic pollution. We developed some genetic engineered fungi capable of breaking down plastics and reintroduce the parts into the "normal" biological cycle. I'm not aware of some genetic engineered bacteria capable of doing such, but let's suppose we have some.
would you introduce these into the wild bio-cycle?I would tend towards "yes". First, let's try to imagine/determine all possible consequences.
Ya, yaha. I know impossible task to do so; just look at what fuckery we did to the australian bio-cycle.First off, we do not exactly know how fast these genetic engineered bacteria would be able to mutate towards something else. That's a big red flag for most, but this could be monitored and analyzed in closed (as in spacial) studies beforehand.
For the Pro's i would list the possibility of saving tons and tons of life on earth (even human life) and long term stability of the earthern ecosystem. Most likely this bacteria would spread far, prolly across the whole globe, since it has plenty of food, aka plastic trash, everywhere. But it is not only plastic
trash it also would break down tools and other stuff made out of plastics. The economic infrastructure would have to shift their production towards other materials, if they want longlivity of their products. On top of that most of the current products would need to be replaced. This would create a new
short-ish boom similar to when every household "needed" a fridge.
I would imagine a never-seen-before economic boom worldwide because of this. Sure, current market leaders would have to change or be replaced, but such is life. Plus, the long-term Pro's
, if no major fuck-up happens because of mutation, would assure a few more generations of human life possible on this little ball before we need to find a new ball to reside on.
I know, I'm quite blind on my one eye which is supposed to look on the cons. That's why I'm seeking additional input.
I have a few other topics I would like to talk about. Like using Newton and Leibniz as an historical example for the problems intrinsic to the idea of intellectual property.t. dummernst
>>9070>Since there is no philosophy threda
here it is.
i was lately toying with a little idea and wanted to hear Ernst's input on it.
As you all may know we have a serious problem with plastic pollution. We developed some genetic engineered fungi capable of breaking down plastics and reintroduce the parts into the "normal" biological cycle. I'm not aware of some genetic engineered bacteria capable of doing such, but let's suppose we have some.
would you introduce these into the wild bio-cycle?I would tend towards "yes". First, let's try to imagine/determine all possible consequences.
Ya, yaha. I know impossible task to do so; just look at what fuckery we did to the australian bio-cycle.
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