[extropy-chat] Hazard a guess?

[Kevin Freels]

One word. Malaysia.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Walker" <mark at permanentend.org>
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Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 7:55 PM
Subject: [extropy-chat] Hazard a guess?


> A point sometimes made (probably not enough) is that trying to stop
emerging
> technologies is no easy task. It is certainly not like trying to stop the
> proliferation of nuclear weapons technology. Nuclear technology leaves a
big
> footprint in terms of industrial infrastructure, genetically altering a
> human zygote, in contrast, could be done on a much smaller scale. So
here's
> the thought: what is the minimum in terms of financial resources that one
> would need to spend to set-up a biological for genetically altering human
> zygotes? How big would the lab have to be? How many people involved? Where
> would you set-up and hide such a lab? How small could the footprint be?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark
>
> Dr. Mark Walker
> Department of Philosophy
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