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Originally posted by AThousandYoungIf scientists do, I guess these people will dispute that the virus is not a living thing or that viruses do not have consciousness like us. Either way thay will confuse the issue.
I know some people believe scientists will never be able to synthesize life in the lab. Do these people thing scientists will be able to synthesize viruses?
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depends what you mean by synthesise a virus. if you mean build one from scratch from base protines, the yes eventually. if you mean take bits of viruses and put them together to make a new one then it is done all the time.
this isn't really a spiritual question. maybe we need a science forum as we have a spirituality one.
16 Jun 06
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Originally posted by googlefudgeAnd duplicate the evolution debates? Are you mad? I don't think my brain could take it....
depends what you mean by synthesise a virus. if you mean build one from scratch from base protines, the yes eventually. if you mean take bits of viruses and put them together to make a new one then it is done all the time.
this isn't really a spiritual question. maybe we need a science forum as we have a spirituality one.
16 Jun 06
Originally posted by googlefudgeThis belongs here because I am addressing those who think there is some sort of supernatural "life force" which human scientists cannot replicate. These people do exist, right?
depends what you mean by synthesise a virus. if you mean build one from scratch from base protines, the yes eventually. if you mean take bits of viruses and put them together to make a new one then it is done all the time.
this isn't really a spiritual question. maybe we need a science forum as we have a spirituality one.
20 Jun 06
Originally posted by googlefudgeYou mean 'no scientific evidence' you personally would accept. The vast majority of real scientists would disagree wholeheartedly with you. There are so many volumes of evidence it makes the head spin but you appear not to be one of those able to accept such evidence, instead with mere pronouncement, they are false, you think you have won your case. Actually all you have done is delude yourself.
the evolution debates should stay in the spirituality forum as there is no scientific argument as to whether evolution hapens or not. anyway I have posted the question in site ideas, so the discussion can carry on there.
20 Jun 06
Originally posted by sonhouseI think he means that within the realms of science we're completely happy with evolution. It's only creationists that have issue with it.
You mean 'no scientific evidence' you personally would accept. The vast majority of real scientists would disagree wholeheartedly with you. There are so many volumes of evidence it makes the head spin but you appear not to be one of those able to accept such evidence, instead with mere pronouncement, they are false, you think you have won your case. Actually all you have done is delude yourself.