First round of ill-informed objections to the first synthetic bacterium : Pharyngula
I’ve been following the reaction to the synthesis of a new life form by the Venter lab with some interest and amusement. There have been a couple of common directions taken, and they’re generally all wrong. This is not to say that there couldn’t be valid concerns, but that the loudest complaining voices right now are the most ignorant.
Pearl-clutching and fretting over the consequences is fairly common…