There is a question about it. It’s the existential thread that’s most feared among Lesswrongers. Bioengineered pandemics are a thread due to gene manipulated organisms.
If that’s not what you want to know, how would you word your question?
I took “bioengineered” to imply ‘deliberately’ and “pandemic” to imply ‘contagious’, and in any event fear of > 90% of humans dying by 2100 is far from the only possible reason to oppose GMOs.
any event fear of > 90% of humans dying by 2100 is far from the only possible reason to oppose GMOs.
I didn’t advocate that it’s the only reason. That’s why I asked for a more precise question.
I took “bioengineered” to imply ‘deliberately’ and “pandemic” to imply ‘contagious’,
If the tools that you need to genmanipulate organisms are widely available it’s much easier to deliberately
produce a pandemic.
It’s possible to make a bacteria immune to antibiotica by just giving them antibiotica and making not manipulating the genes directly. On the other hand I think that people fear bioengineered pandemics because they expect stronger capabilities in regards to manipulating organisms in the future.
There is a question about it. It’s the existential thread that’s most feared among Lesswrongers. Bioengineered pandemics are a thread due to gene manipulated organisms.
If that’s not what you want to know, how would you word your question?
I took “bioengineered” to imply ‘deliberately’ and “pandemic” to imply ‘contagious’, and in any event fear of > 90% of humans dying by 2100 is far from the only possible reason to oppose GMOs.
I didn’t advocate that it’s the only reason. That’s why I asked for a more precise question.
If the tools that you need to genmanipulate organisms are widely available it’s much easier to deliberately produce a pandemic.
It’s possible to make a bacteria immune to antibiotica by just giving them antibiotica and making not manipulating the genes directly. On the other hand I think that people fear bioengineered pandemics because they expect stronger capabilities in regards to manipulating organisms in the future.