[extropy-chat] Altered genes let roundworms wiggle longer

[Robert J. Bradbury]

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004, Harvey Newstrom wrote:

> On Saturday, March 27, 2004, at 04:48 pm, Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
> > There are going to be people who insist that they want the original
> > atoms in the original form.
>
> Has anybody ever really claimed this on this list?

Harvey -- to the best of my knowledge nobody on the list has
attempted to assert this.  I did offer it as the straw-man
because I suspect there are a *lot* of people in the world
who (being unexposed to the list and its related educational
aspects) might take that position.  (You and I as well as
others on the list with backgrounds in biochemistry can of
course discuss at length rates of atomic turnover within the human
body -- so the concept as I stated it is problematic from the start.
I attempted to make it a little less problematic by selecting an inanimate
object (the state of Israel) for an example of something that might
be replicated.  It at least may be closer to its "original form"
than any of our bodies are.)

To the best of my recall Damien may be the person who is
least comfortable with a copy (in various forms) being oneself.
Since I think the discussions related to this were several years
ago I do not know what his current opinions are.

Robert